Academic activities were this morning paralyzed at the University of Ibadan (UI), as the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the institution locked all lecture halls.
Academic activities have been halted in almost every departments of the institution as students could not enter the school premises following the closure of the entrances to the school by the aggrieved workers.
It was learnt that the union members are on strike.
A student who did not want his name in print told our reporter that they met the lecture halls locked and no one has explained the reasons of the strike.
“I have no idea why NASU is on strike,” he said.
“But they locked all lecture rooms and theatres this morning.”
He added that some of the academic staffs are also unaware of the strike and had wanted to hold lectures.
“The lecturer who addressed us said the lecturers are willing to work but the NASU issue has to be resolved first,” the student added.
It is believed that the strike action is connected to the Federal Government’s order that universities should stop payment of salaries of teachers of University Demonstration Primary Schools (UDPS).
It would be recalled that, over 200 placards carrying protesters, made up of university staff from Nnamdi Azikwe University Awka (UNIZIK), Ebonyi State University, Federal University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State University and Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), partook in a protest march.
They have also severally called for the removal of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie.
The senior workers in Nigerian universities have indicated their intention to embark on an industrial action any time soon against the decision of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to stop the funding of federal universities staff schools in their budget.
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