Flights and banking operations across the country could be disrupted in the coming days as unions in the aviation and banking industry threaten to strike alongside the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), IgbereTV reports
The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) in separate statements made their intention known on Monday.
They criticised the Federal Government for the prolonged ASUU strike and refusal to honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the University union. The strike has extended into four months.
ANAP general secretary, Abdulrasaq Saidu, said in a statement that students are spending eight years in University for courses of four years, and warned that the union would join the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in its solidarity protest with ASUU.
Recall that the labour congress announced its plan to hold a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27, in support of ASUU, “we have scheduled as follows the National Days of Protest to get our children back to school and support our unions in Nigeria’s public universities fighting for quality education.” NLC said
