NASU, SSANU Extend Strike By Eight Weeks
The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and associated institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have extended their ongoing strike by eight weeks.
This was announced in a statement to the branch chairmen of NASU and SSANU signed by the National President, SSANU, Com. Mohammed Ibrahim and the General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi on Wednesday.
The statement read in part, “We wish to thank all members of NASU and SSSNU for their sustained compliance with the National directive on the ongoing strike action, The compliance of members, even in the face of the denials of our salaries, threats and harassments, has continued to give the national leadership the needed strength and focus to forge ahead on our demands.
“The success recorded by the JAC of NASU and SSANU over the payment of the Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment arrears, which all staff in the university system benefitted, was only made possible by the resilience of our members. We note, however, that we still have a few members across the branches from the Federal Universities of Agriculture who are yet to be paid. JAC is not resting in its oars and shall ensure that these omissions are resolved.”
It further reads, “because the 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 must have been effectively laid to rest. The two months extension is with effect from Friday, 24th June 2022.
Recall that the Action Committee extended the ongoing strike by one month on May 23, 2022, and before that on April 21, 2022.
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