The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has demanded parity in allowances with the Academic Staff Union of Universities in ongoing renegotiations with the Federal Government.
General Secretary of NASU, Mr Peters Adeyemi, made the position of the union known while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland.
Adeyemi, who spoke on the sidelines of the just-concluded 114th Session of the International Labour Conference, insisted that non-academic workers deserve equal welfare benefits.
Specifically, he said the union was seeking parity in allowances following the Federal Government’s approval of a 40 per cent increase in allowances for ASUU members.
According to him, NASU members perform critical roles in universities and should not be treated differently in the allocation of welfare benefits and negotiated entitlements.
“We are demanding that whatever is given to ASUU should also be given to us because we face the same economic realities,” Adeyemi said.
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