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The Sokoto State University chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the nationwide strike on the minimum wage called by the organised labour.
The chapter ASUU chairman, Dr Attahiru Sifawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto that the lecturers decided to join the strike as a result of a directive from the national body of ASUU.
Sifawa said that the ASUU branch held an emergency meeting on Thursday over the directive and a consensus was reached by members to join the industrial action.
He said that as a result of the decision, all academic activities and meetings in the institution had been suspended.
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NAN reports that the nationwide industrial action, which began on Wednesday, has recorded partial compliance in the Sokoto metropolis, as work was still going on at the hospitals owned by the federal and state governments.
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