SSNANU and NASU suspend proposed industrial action over the onging protest.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU have suspended their planned indefinite strike in the wake of the ongoing nationwide protests against hardship and bad governance.
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Recall that the two unions through the Joint Action Committee, JAC, had on July 18, embarked on a national protest demanding for the payment of the four months withheld salaries failure which they would embark on an indefinite strike
The protest coincided with the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the organized labour on national minimum wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the labour leaders presented the issue of withheld salaries and the President immediately directed that the salaries should be paid.
However, the expiration of the one week ultimatum without any payment came at the time youths threatened to embark on nationwide protests.
Consequently, the unions through JAC decided to suspend their proposed indefinite strike with the reason that such action will be subsumed by the national protest and will not allow their issue to receive the desired attention from the government and necessary media publicity.
The JAC in a circular to all branch chairmen of NASU and SSANU, in the universities and inter-university centers entitled, “Latest development in respect of the withheld four (4) months salaries,” said it was obvious that the ten days grace given to the federal government has expired, but the strike action cannot be carried out because of the threat of the national protest that has attracted the attention of everybody in Government
The circular which was signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi and the President of SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim read:
“The JAC of NASU and SSANU has decided to keep you updated on the latest development in respect of our ongoing agitations for payment of the arrears of four (4) months’ salaries withheld and the unimplemented agreement reached with the government on 20th August, 2022.
“It is no longer news that the last National Peaceful Protest, held on July 18, 2024, at Unity Fountain, Abuja, was a success. Despite police harassment and intimidation, the protest was carried out with precision.
“Our letters of ultimatum, which gave the Government until midnight on Sunday, July 28, 2024, were properly delivered to the offices of the Honourable Minister of Education and the Honourable Minister of State for Labour and Employment.”
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