From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The nationwide strike of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASUU) paralyzed normal activities in Federal University Dutse (FUD) as members of the Union in the University, joined the seven warning strike.
It was observed that, the leadership of the Union blocked all vehicles from entrance of the University as only students and Academic staff are allowed to track into premises of the University.
The union also shut down the basic activities in hostels and power supply, library and security sections as the staffs didn’t come for their respective duties in the University.
Other paralyzed sections include registry departments, work and maintainance, security and students affairs all withdrawn their services.
Addressing the journalists, the chairman NASUU FUD chapter Comrade Alasan Abdullahi said, their members shutdown activities in the University today Monday to comply with directives by the national body of their Union.
“We joined a nationwide strike over unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of salaries by the Federal Government in addition to failure from Government to fulfill our agreement”, the chairman said.
Speaking to our reporter, a level four hundred student of physiology Shema’u Gidado expressed displeasure on how the activities paralyzed in the University.
“Actually I’m not happy right from the get, when our driver can’t have access to enter the University as the entrance blocked by the members of NASUU.
“Though we are resuming today from session break actually with this development lectures and other activities may not be hold.
“So as a student and also Nigerian, I appealed to both federal government and NASUU to reconcile to save our future, Government should tried to consider their needs” , Gidado said.
Another new student, Easter Adebayo explained that she is struggling to complete registration but with this strike it became something different, ” I’m speaking to you I support to collect my ID card but no security clearance as the section embark on strike” Adebayo said.
