The Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has joined the national body of the union to stage a rally to press home the demand of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on university revitalization.
The protesting union members included NLC, ASUU, Non-Academic Staff Union, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and other allied unions.
The protesters marched went around areas like Post Office, Challenge, A-Division Round About, and Government House on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin to submit their letter to the state government.
Speaking with journalists at the NLC Secretariat in Ilorin, the Kwara State Chairman of the Union, Comrade Aliyu Isa-Ore, said the rally was organized in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities members to press home their demand on the need for the federal government to honour their agreement.
