Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- he Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) held a protest in Abuja on Thursday, demanding the Federal Government immediately implement several long-standing agreements reached with the unions.

The protest took place at Yakubu Gowon University (formerly the University of Abuja) and was also held simultaneously across university campuses nationwide.

In Abuja, the demonstration was led by Comrade Nurudeen Yusuf, chairman of SSANU at Yakubu Gowon University, and Comrade Sadiya Ibrahim Hassan, chairperson of NASU at the same institution.

The unions accused the Federal Government of negle...