Unity colleges staff suspend strike

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has suspended its strike over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, allowing for the reopening of the 115 Federal Unity Colleges across Nigeria. This decision was reached during a meeting between the leadership of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, ASCSN, and zonal coordinators of the Unity Schools in Kano.

The suspension of the strike follows two weeks of action by ASCSN and the Parent Teacher Association, who had shut down the Unity Colleges demanding the reversal of the concession of King’s College to its Old Boys Association. The colleges were initially set to reopen on September 13, but the strike prompted their boycott. The ASCSN has now agreed to suspend the industrial action to allow a seven-member committee to review the concession document for King’s College, pending the committee's report.

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