The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) has announced the extension of its ongoing industrial action by two months.
The groups had embarked on a strike on April 21 to press home the implementation of their demands, this is even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) battles their demands with the government.
In a circular to the branch chairmen of SSANU and NASU dated June 21 and signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi, and National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, the unions said negotiations with the Federal Government to resolve its issues were ongoing but at a slow pace.
They observed that there had been no commitment to pay the arrears of Earned Allowances being owed to non-teaching staff.
The unions suggested that it is pertinent to ensure that all contending issues are addressed and therefore, the need to extend the strike.
“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 months extension is with effect from Friday, 24th June 2022.
“We urge you to keep up the spirit across the branches as we are slowly inching close to victory. We also urge you to disregard various rumours and misinformation especially on social media and rely on your national leaders who are ever willing to give factual and true information on the status of the struggle,” the circular stated.
