The Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has insisted that there isn’t a going again on the strike by the union and the Non-Educational Employees Union of Instructional and Related Establishments, NASU, till their calls for are met.
DAILY POST had reported that SSANU and NASU launched into an indefinite strike on Monday over the non-payment of their 4 months wage arrears.
No matter requires the unions to cease the economic motion, SSANU president, Mohammed Ibrahim insisted that it may possibly solely occur when their calls for are met.
“So, it’s not the difficulty of assembly. The problem is that we wish fee and that each process has been adopted.
“They’ll simply merely direct this fee and I guarantee you in lower than 24 hours, we are able to simply refer again to our principals and this strike will probably be suspended.
“Properly, assurances should not one thing that we have now not acquired earlier than. So assurances from politicians and assurances from authorities officers should not new issues to us. However the mandate that we have now from our members is that this strike is completely indefinite and that we’ll solely resume after we get the alerts,” he mentioned.
This improvement has led to the crippling of actions throughout public universities in Nigeria with courses and different amenities shut.
Recall that in March, the each unions launched into a seven-day warning strike – starting March 18, 2024, over the non-payment of their salaries.
President Bola Tinubu had directed the fee of withheld salaries for college employees owing to their strike of 2022.
That yr, the unions went on an eight-month strike to press house their calls for, together with higher welfare packages.
This prompted the then-administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to invoke a ‘No Work, No Pay coverage’.
Nevertheless, President Tinubu final October authorised the discharge of 4 of the eight months withheld salaries for ASUU members.
Months after that, SSANU and NASU downed instruments after a three-week ultimatum, accusing the Federal Authorities of unfulfilled guarantees and disdainful therapy.
Within the wake of the latest strike, the Senate labelled the transfer as pointless and known as for dialogue.
In line with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Establishments, Dandutse Mohammed, the decision for dialogue with the Federal Authorities is to avert additional hardship and tutorial disruptions.
Senator Dandutse mentioned a peaceable decision could be a extra accountable strategy.
