Nigeria, April 14 -- The management of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has attributed the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) to the federal government's eight-year tenure policy for directors, assuring that its core operations remain uninterrupted. A media consultant to the institute, Sam Eferaro, disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday amid tensions over the policy implementation.

Mr Eferaro said the strike was declared solely by ASURI members in protest against a federal directive on tenure for directors.

He, however, clarified that other unions in the institute are not participating in the action.

"Other unions within the Institute are not invo...