By JOHN ONAH, Abuja
Despite an order by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria last week restraining Nigerian workers from down-tooling, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike with immediate effect.
The decision was announced at the end of an emergency meeting on Sunday night.
This came just as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is also preparing to commence a nationwide strike on Tuesday, October 6th, 2018 over a disagreement between the organised labour union and the governments on the N30,000 minimum wage.
Briefing newsmen after the closed-door meeting, ASUU president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said the strike will be total and with immediate effect.
He listed the reasons for their action to include: Failure on the side of the government to honour the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed between the union and the federal government in 2017.
He also mentioned that renegotiation with ASUU which the government intentionally ignored with impunity was part of the reasons for the strike.
Professor Ogunyemi, therefore, directed all the state chapters to ensure full compliance until their demands are met.
