Striking Research Workers threaten to storm Abuja on mass protest

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Workers of Research Institutions across the country on Monday threatened to embark on a mass protest in Abuja, if the Federal Government failed to meet the demands of the striking unions.

The workers are currently on strike to demand for the payment of about N9 billion arrears from the Federal Government.

The workers are made up of members of the the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU).

It would be recalled that the unions embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike on Dec 10, 2017 over non- implementation of agreement entered with the Federal Government in 2010.

Mr Peters Adeyemi, Chairman, Joint Research and Allied Institutions Staff Union (JORAISU), while speaking at a news conference in Abuja said that government had…



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