The Nationwide President of the Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigerian Universities, Mohammed Ibrahim, has said that affiliation members have exhausted all doable avenues to handle the difficulty of withheld salaries by the Federal Authorities.
The SSANU president famous that members had been “pushed to the wall,” resulting in the graduation of the continuing nationwide strike.
He disclosed this on Monday throughout an look on Channels Tv’s Information Observe programme.
Amongst different calls for, the Joint Motion Committee of the Non-Educational Employees Union of Instructional and Related Establishments and SSANU are calling for cost of their four-month withheld salaries, improved remuneration, earned allowances, and implementation of the 2009 agreements with the federal government.
After a number of makes an attempt proved unsuccessful, the unions started the strike on Monday, halting actions throughout establishments within the nation.
“We now have made a number of efforts to interact with the federal government to resolve the scenario. Even earlier than the extension on the twenty third, a number of extensions got. Recall that this isn’t a brand new difficulty.
“In July, particularly on the seventeenth, we held a number of protests in Abuja. Thereafter, the NLC took the matter to the president throughout discussions on the brand new minimal wage. At that assembly, the president directed that fifty per cent of the 4 months’ salaries be paid. However three months later, the promise stays unfulfilled.
“We now have held quite a few discussions with the ministers of schooling, who assured us of cost, but the promise stays elusive. So, for now, we now have been pushed to the wall as a result of we now have exhausted all avenues to resolve the difficulty, even asking our members to be affected person. Our members throughout branches have met, and the strike has begun. Transferring ahead, all actions within the bursary, registry, works and upkeep, safety, and scholar affairs have been placed on maintain till funds are made,” Ibrahim mentioned.
The SSANU president additionally famous that when funds are obtained, the strike can be referred to as off, stating, “Earlier overtures have been made by the previous minister of schooling. And this morning, I obtained a name from the minister-designate to debate a gathering. Nevertheless, the strike is a course of, and the management of SSANU and NASU might want to meet.
“At present, none of us is in Abuja, however we are attempting to organise a gathering. The reality is, as soon as these funds are made right now, since funds are achieved by digital switch, we are going to name off the strike.”
