The Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, of educational and associated institutions Benue chapter commenced its 3 days peaceful protest within Makurdi, the state capital, to press home their demand for inclusion.
The union which took their demands to the state government said that enough of the segregation. Members of the NASU presented their 5-point demands to the state government.
They demanded amongst others an end to discriminatory industrial relations practices against non-teaching staff in primary and post-primary schools.
President Muhammadu Buhari had announced incentives for teachers in public schools during last year’s teachers’ day celebration and excluded non-teaching staff generating this reaction.