The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association
of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and
allied institutions has extended its ongoing strike by two months.
This was made known on Wednesday, in a statement signed by
the National President, SSANU, Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, and General Secretary, Mr.
Peter Adeyemi.
The statement partly read, ‘‘In view of the fact that
government is still a long way from effectively resolving the issues in
contention, it is only expedient that we allow the process to be fully
concluded before directing the end of the strike. Consequently, you are hereby
informed that the strike has been extended by two months, within which we are
hoping that all the contentious issues would have been effectively laid to
rest. The two-month extension is with effect from Friday, June 24, 2022.’’
NASU/SSANU’s strike started with a warning strike of two weeks which commenced at the midnight on Sunday, March 27, 2022, while the extension of another two weeks commenced on Sunday, April 10, 2022, and it is still ongoing.
Some of the demands of SSANU include the inconsistent issue
of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system, unpaid earned
allowances, delay in the renegotiation of the FGN, NASU, SSANU agreements, and
non-payment of minimum wage arrears.
Others include neglect and poor funding of state
universities, non-payment of retirement benefits to outgoing members of the
unions, and usurpation of the headship of non-teaching units in clear violation
of conditions of service and establishment procedures, among others.
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