The reopening of universities in Nigeria
may suffer a new blow following after
the Non - Academic Staff Union of
Universities ( NASU ) and the Senior
Staff Association of Nigeria Universities
( SSANU ) threatened the FG.
NASU and SSANU warned the federal
government that it will embark on a
three - day protest on Jan . 12 to protest
the non - implementation of an
agreement reached with the Federal
Government.
The unions made this known in a
circular jointly issued on Sunday in
Abuja .
The unions under the aegis of the Joint
Action Committee ( JAC) issued the
circular to all branch chairmen of the
unions in the universities and Inter-
university centres .
The circular was signed by General
Secretary of NASU , Mr Peters Adeyemi
and president of SSANU , Mr
Mohammed Ibrahim .
Adeyemi said that a JAC meeting was
held on Jan . 8 , where the
Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU )
reached and signed with the Federal
Government on Oct . 20 , 2020, was
reviewed .
He listed the agitations of the unions to
include inconsistencies in the
Integrated Payroll Personnel Information
Systems ( IPPIS) payment , non - payment
of Earned Allowances ( EA ) , and non -
payment of arrears of minimum wage .
He also fingered the delay in the
renegotiation of Federal Government,
NASU and SSANU negotiation of 2009 ,
as part of the agitations .
According to him , other demands are
the non - payment of retirement benefits
of out - gone members , teaching staff
usurping headships of non - teaching
units in clear violation of conditions of
service and establishment procedures .
Adeyemi also decried the neglect and
poor funding of state universities and
the non - constitution of visitation panels
for universities.
He added that in view of this
development, the JAC, therefore,
directed that a general meeting of its
committees in all branches of
universities and Inter- university centres
be mandatorily held on Jan . 11 .
“ The meeting is to sensitise members
on the issues , as contained in the MoU .
“ That a three - day protest should hold
from Tuesday , Jan . 12 to Thursday ,
Jan . 14 , at each branch from 8 a. m to 4
p . m each day, ” he said.
According to him , state , zonal and
national officers of JAC shall monitor
the three - day protest , to ensure strict
compliance by branches .
“ Every branch should ensure that all
members participate fully in the
protests , while all COVID - 19 protocols
are to be complied with.
“ As the branch protests mark the
beginning of a series of industrial
actions to be undertaken by JAC, you
are to await further directives
immediately after the three - day
protest , ” he said.
He added that every branch must
comply and strictly adhere to the
directives .
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