SSANU, NASU extend strike by 2 months

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have extended their ongoing strike by two months.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the unions made this known via a statement on Wednesday.

The statement was issued by the SSANU National President and General Secretary, Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim and Mr. Peter Adeyemi, respectively.

“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.

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“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,” the statement partly read.

The members of the unions had been on warning strike to press home their demands from the Federal Government.

The unions’ complaints include alleged inconsistencies in payment with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), non-payment of earned allowances, non-payment of arrears of the National Minimum Wage, and its consequential adjustment.

Others are poor funding of state universities, delay in renegotiation of the 2009 agreements, non-release of white paper on visitation panels, and non-payment of retirement benefits to members.