The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) and the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), both in Anambra State, have joined the nationwide strike of some academic unions.
The institutions joined under the aegis of Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions comprising Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the National Association of Academic technical (NAAS).
Members of the unions held separate meetings in their institutions where the decision to join the national body was taken.
At the end of the meeting at Ojukwu Varsity at Igbariam, the chairman of Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions at the school, Andrew Okeke, said the unions had joined the strike.
The union leader described the strike as total and indefinite, adding that any member seen on the three campuses of the institution would be penalised.
In a statement, the chairperson of SSANU at UNIZIK in Awka, Njideka Nwangwu, noted that a monitoring team of the institution’s Joint Action Committee (JAC) had been sent out to monitor compliance with the strike.
She said: “The monitoring team has been set up to monitor the activities of members. Anybody who misbehaves will be severely dealt with.
“From Tuesday (yesterday), no worker of these three unions is to be seen on this campus unless that person wants to challenge his or her chi in this circumstance.
“We will wait for further directives from our national leaders. We are not going back on the decision.”
