UnionWarns Of Looming Crisis In Varsities, Asks Govt To Honour Agreements

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned of a looming situation successful the nation’s assemblage strategy if the national authorities fails to honour its payment and corporate agreements commitments.

Rising from its 52nd National Executive Council (NEC) gathering held astatine Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, the national condemned the continued neglect of captious agreements, withheld salaries and inequitable organisation of earned allowances.

The communiqué, signed by SSANU nationalist president Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, said the members’ patience was thin.

“NEC expresses heavy disappointment implicit the continued soundlessness and inaction of the national government’s Renegotiation Committee regarding the 2009 FG/SSANU Agreement. NEC powerfully calls connected the authorities to honour the two-week hold fixed by JAC of SSANU/NASU to avert the impending concern situation successful the assemblage system,” the connection read.

Regarding outstanding entitlements, the national said the continued withholding of salaries from its members who participated successful the 2022 onslaught was unacceptable and urged the national authorities to merchandise the wages immediately.

It further accused the authorities of discriminatory attraction successful disbursing earned allowances, noting that non-teaching unit had been sidelined.

The assembly besides raised broader nationalist concerns, specified arsenic insecurity and anemic infrastructure, nutrient shortages, and inadequate acquisition funding.

The national condemned the mediocre authorities of nationalist services and infrastructure, citing the caller Abuja-Kaduna bid derailment, powerfulness failures, and flood disasters successful Adamawa, Niger, and Lagos States.

The national said, “Nigeria’s acquisition sector, from superior to tertiary levels, suffers from inadequate backing and outdated facilities. NEC insists that the authorities indispensable urgently conscionable and instrumentality planetary champion practices successful acquisition by backing the assemblage adequately”.

The communiqué besides addressed governance and the economy, criticising the contiguous administration’s wasteful spending contempt rising revenues.

The national besides demanded contiguous remittance of pension deductions, nationwide enlargement of assemblage star powerfulness projects, and outgo of outstanding salaries successful state-owned institutions, peculiarly Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University successful Benue State, wherever unit stay connected strike.

It urged the authorities to fortify nutrient security, impact accepted rulers successful information architecture, and prioritise infrastructure development.

“To reposition Nigeria’s universities for excellence and semipermanent sustainability, NEC urges the Federal and State Governments to assistance afloat autonomy to assemblage governing councils, fortify probe and innovation funds, and supply a surviving wage with guaranteed, timely wage payments. These actions are not optional reforms but urgent requirements if Nigeria’s universities are to vie globally,” the communiqué stressed.