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The Joint Action Congress (JAC) of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, has commenced a three-day warning strike over allegations of massive cuts in their salaries.

JAC is the umbrella body of staff unions in the university, which include Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Union of Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).

The workers in a circular dated April 6, 2017 and addressed to the university’s Chairman of Council, expressed dismay over the development since 2016, pointing out that whereas there was no cut in the allowances of council members.