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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) successful Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) connected Thursday joined their counterparts nationwide to signifier a one-day protestation implicit the national government’s hold successful implementing the 2009 dialog agreement.
Members of the 2 unions trooped retired successful their numbers carrying placards with inscriptions specified as: “We worked, You withheld, merchandise our wages”; “Enough is Enough, wage our 2 months salaries”; “No much bare promises, Action now”, among others.
Speaking, OAU SSANU section chairman, Engr. Ademola Junaid stated that the conflict of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU betwixt 2021 and 2022 led to the signing of an statement betwixt the JAC and the Federal Government connected Aug. 20, 2022.
He lamented the members’ suffering, saying that the national authorities has not been sincere astir the plight of SSANU/NASU successful the sector.
Junaid maintained that the contentious issues are the alleged disbursement of N50 cardinal earned allowances and the hold successful renegotiating the 2009 FGN and NASU/SSANU agreements, among others.
In the aforesaid vein, Mr Dayo Oyediwura, the president of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational & Associated Institutions (NASU), recalled that the Federal Government signed a non-victimisation clause with them successful 2022 aft paying 2 months’ wage retired of four.
He contended that the national authorities promised not to victimise anyone who participated successful the onslaught and past added that non-payment of their salaries amounts to victimisation, which means that the national authorities has violated its pledge.
Oyediwura appealed to the national authorities to wage their third-party deductions for the 2 months’ salaries and their promotion arrears from 2015/209.
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