SSANU, NASU stage nationwide protest over unmet demands

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE Joint Action Committee, JAC of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU held a nationwide protestation connected Thursday to item unresolved issues affecting non-teaching assemblage staff.

The unions stated that the protestation aimed to code decades of neglected demands and the government’s nonaccomplishment to prioritize workers’ payment successful universities and inter-university centers.

Speaking to journalists, during the protestation astatine Yakubu Gowon University successful Abuja, Comrade Nurudeen Yusuf, SSANU Chairman and JAC leader, emphasized that the protestation marked a renewed propulsion for justness and fairness successful the assemblage strategy aft years of stalled negotiations.

He noted that agreements dating backmost to 2009 stay unfulfilled contempt aggregate discussions and committees, including those led by Babalakin, Yayale Ahmed, and others, yielding nary tangible outcomes.

“This is the longest labour dialog successful history. Non-academic unit proceed to endure authorities insensitivity,” Yusuf said.

He outlined cardinal grievances, including the unfair allocation of ₦50 cardinal successful earned allowances, non-payment of 2 months’ salaries from 2022, unremitted third-party deductions, and unpaid wage grant arrears of 25 percent to 35 percent

Yusuf added that meetings with the Minister of Education connected September 19 and October 6 produced nary progress, prompting the nationwide protest.

“We extended our ultimatum doubly to let for dialogue, but the authorities has not responded meaningfully,” helium said.

Dr. Makulu Hasan, NASU President, echoed these concerns, condemning the prolonged neglect contempt repeated onslaught warnings and calls for dialogue.

He criticized the unequal organisation of the ₦50 cardinal allowances, noting that NASU and SSANU received lone 20 percent with immoderate members wholly excluded.

Hasan demanded the contiguous outgo of withheld salaries and wage awards, urging the authorities to grant its commitments to reconstruct fairness and bid successful the assemblage system.

Protesters displayed placards with messages specified arsenic “Honor Your Agreements,” “Pay Our Earned Wages,” and “End Empty Promises.”

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