Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions explained

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

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