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NASU, SSANU Direct Branches To Hold Congresses On Likely Strike Action
- The Unions are dissatisfied with the sharing formula of the ₦40b EAA, non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage
- The SSANU President said on Tuesday that MoUs are now a charade because the government does not follow through with it.
The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged its branches to convene joint congresses on January 19 to take a resolution on the possible commencement of an indefinite strike.
The JAC is protesting the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the unions by the Federal Government last October.
The committee in a circular on Thursday, issued after a meeting that reviewed the three-day nationwide protests by the unions commended the members for effectively prosecuting the rallies across the country.
The statement titled: ‘Request for branch resolutions,’ jointly signed by the NASU and SSANU Presidents, Makolo Hassan and Mohammed Ibrahim, said the resolution of the congresses should be forwarded to the National Secretariats of the respective unions via email.
Read also: SSANU, NASU Members Begin Three-Day National Protest
It mentioned that a meeting of the JAC leadership would be convened next Thursday to collate and make a decision on the branch resolutions which would be communicated to the branches, subsequently.
The directive read, “The National JAC further observed the need for members of the unions (NASU and SSANU) to take ownership of subsequent decisions in respect of the way forward after the nationwide protests.
“To this end, Branch Chairmen of NASU and SSANU are hereby directed to convene joint congresses simultaneously on Tuesday 19th, January 2021 to take a resolution on the possible commencement of an indefinite and total national strike in respect of non-implementation of the issues contained in the Memorandum of Understanding signed and agreed with the unions by the Federal Government on 20th October 2020.”
Eko Hot Blog reported that the unions were protesting the government’s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), sharing formula of the ₦40 billion earned academic allowances and non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage, among other issues.
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