SSANU, NASU sort out FG, declare seven-day strike

The unions declared the warning strike on Monday in Abuja, following a gathering of their joint motion committee in Akure, Ondo State final Thursday and Friday.

The SSANU Nationwide President, Mohammed Ibrahim, who learn the communiqué of the assembly to journalists, mentioned the motion grew to become crucial because the Federal Authorities had refused to pay them the 4 months wage withheld on account of their nationwide strike in 2022.

The Federal Authorities lately launched the withheld 4 months wage to the Educational Employees Union of Universities, which was additionally on strike in 2022, however ignored SSANU and NASU.

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On February 13, 2024, SSANU and NASU unions wrote protest letters to the Chief of Employees to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Minister of Schooling, Tahir Mamman, over the exclusion of the non-teaching employees from the cost of excellent 4 months’ salaries.

The unions, of their communique, mentioned, “Whereas SSANU just isn’t averse to the cost of the withheld wage to our sister union, ASUU, it nonetheless, views this motion as a transparent violation and breach of the post-strike settlement with the federal government on non-victimisation of our members who participated within the strike.

“We strongly oppose this discriminatory observe which we view as the federal government’s open invitation to an industrial disaster. Credible info out there to us has it that the directive of Mr President is for all university-based unions to be paid 4 months’ wage.

“The NEC subsequently suspects saboteurs on this authorities bent on destabilising and destroying the nice intent of Mr. President in direction of sustaining industrial peace within the college system.

“NEC in session, subsequently, calls on the related authorities of presidency to instantly implement the directive of Mr. President by paying our members the 4 months withheld salaries, failing which NEC has permitted a one-week warning strike together with our sister union in JAC, NASU.”

The unions additionally demanded that the federal government expedite motion on the renegotiation of the brand new nationwide minimal wage as the present nationwide minimal wage had utterly been made ineffective by the hyperinflation presently ravaging the nation.