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THE BUREAU
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The strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Educational Institutions (NASU) has been prolonged for another month.

On Thursday, April 21, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the two unions released a statement to that effect.

The decision was made after the Nigerian government's persistent silence over the unions' requests, according to a statement signed by SSANU National President Mohammed Ibrahim and NASU General Secretary Peters Adeyemi.

The new development, they added, was the result of a directive to JAC from members across the country's universities.

"You will recall that the first two-week warning strike began at midnight on Sunday, March 27, 2021, and that the extension of another two weeks, which began on Sunday, April 10, 2022, would end at midnight on Sunday, April 24, 2022," the statement stated in part.

"Unfortunately, the administration has remained silent and unresponsive to the requests of the NASU and SSANU JACs.

"Based on feedback received from our branches regarding the resolutions passed, which fully supported the ongoing strike and other actions to be taken by the leadership of JAC, this is to inform members that the strike has been extended by one month and will begin at midnight on Sunday, April 24th, 2022, pending when the government will have a change of heart and be more favorable to our demands as outlined in our letters dated March 1st, 2022 and March 16th, 2022."

What they want:

The renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, payment of earned allowances, usurpation of non-academic career positions by vice-chancellors, inclusion of university staff school into the university community, non-payment of minimum wage arrears, and funding of state universities are among the items in the said agreement, according to Abdussobur Salaam, SSANU's national vice president.

He claimed that university vice-chancellors had continued to ignore a court judgment declaring that staff school teachers are vital members of the university community.

He went on to say that the government has only paid N8 billion of the N30 billion it pledged to pay as allowances to its members across the country.

"We agreed in our memorandum of agreement that the renegotiation would be completed in six weeks." That was in February 2021, by the way. And if you count back six weeks from that day, we'll be talking about May or possibly April. But, despite repeated reminders, we have yet to be invited to a single conference a year later," he added in an interview.

The confusion

The unexpected development may have shattered Nigerian university students' hopes of returning to class soon.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the union's academic counterpart, began its strike on February 14, 2022, and has continued to roll it over, with the most recent extension set to finish on May 14.

However, there is no chance that the UU will return to the classrooms in May because the union and the government are still at odds.

Various stakeholders have pressed the Nigerian government and striking unions to reach an agreement and reopen the universities. However, the education minister, Adamu Adamu's, continuing silence has enraged the people, with many Nigerians taking to social media to demand his dismissal.

Source

They are MAD

Dem go still go back to office las las as FG won't pay dem shishi