Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) is a trade union representing academic workers, other than teachers and lecturers, in Nigeria.

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the following unions:[1]

  • University of Ibadan and Allied Institutions Workers' Union
  • University College Hospital Workers' Union
  • West African Examinations Council Workers' Union
  • Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria General Workers' Union
  • Eastern Nigeria Library Staff Union
  • University of Nigeria Workers' Union
  • University of Ife Workers' Union
  • Agricultural Research Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • University of Lagos Workers' Union
  • Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research Workers' Union
  • University Teaching Hospital School of Medicine Workers' Union
  • Yaba College of Technblogy Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • School of Careers (Nigeria) Workers' Union
  • Nigerian Union of Non-Teaching Staff
  • Ahmadu Bello University Workers' Union
  • Clerks and Bursars Union of Secondary and Training Colleges Western Nigeria
  • Nigerian Institute for Rubber Research Workers' Union, Mid-West
  • East-Central State Union of Education Non-Tutorial Employees
  • Nigerian Institute for Trypasonomiasis Research Workers' Union
  • Western State Schools and Colleges General Workers' Union
  • Non-Tutorial Staff Association of Educational Institutions of East-Central State
  • Kainji Lake Research Project and Allied Workers' Union
  • Secondary Schools Non-Teaching Staff Workers' Union
  • National Library and Allied Institutions Workers Union of Nigeria
  • University of Benin Workers' Union
  • Ibadan Polytechnic Workers' Union
  • University of Benin Teaching Hospital Workers' Union
  • Union of Administrative Staff of Mid-West Colleges
  • Institute of Management and Technology Workers Union East-Central State of Nigeria
  • British Council Staff Union
  • College of Science and Technology Workers' Union
  • Auchi Polytechnic Workers' Union
  • University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Workers' Union

The union affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress. It had 260,000 members in both 1988 and 1995.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.
  3. ^ Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.