Academic activities at the Federal University, Otuoke were paralysed yesterday, following a strike by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of four trade unions.

An alleged insensitivity of the management and the governing council to their plight caused the five-day warning strike.

The unions blamed the pro-chancellor of the university, Senator Gbemi Saraki, of running the institution as her private estate.
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The JAC, made up of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the National Association of Academic Technologists and the Non-Academic Staff Union, began the strike yesterday.

In a communiqué on June 22, 2017, the unions lamented that the Saraki-led governing council was indifferent to workers’ welfare, promotions, salary disparity, tax remittances, pension remission, statutory allowances and confirmation of appointments.

The Chairman of JAC, Dr. Omororo Joseph, said in a notice to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Accra Jaja, that they would begin an indefinite strike if their grievances were not addressed.