Abuja------------ The Non Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, have threatened to embark on a three-day protest on January 12, 2021.
The unions said in a joint circular on Sunday in Abuja that the strike was to protest the non implementation of an agreement reached with the Federal Government.
The unions who operate under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee, JAC, made this known in the circular to all branch chairmen of the unions in the universities and Inter-university centers.
The circular was jointly signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi and President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim.
According to Adeyemi, a JAC meeting was held on January 8, where the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, reached and signed with the Federal Government on October 20, 2020 was reviewed.
He listed the agitations of the unions to include inconsistencies in the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information Systems, IPPIS, payment, non-payment of Earned Allowances, EA, and non-payment of arrears of minimum wage as well as the delay in the renegotiation of Federal Government, NASU and SSANU negotiation of 2009.
According to him, other demands included the non-payment of retirement benefits of out-gone members, teaching staff usurping headships of non-teaching units in clear violation of conditions of service and establishment procedures.
Adeyemi further bemoaned the neglect and poor funding of state universities and the non-constitution of visitation panels for universities, pointing out it was for the listed reasons that JAC directed its members to hold a general meetings of its committees in all branches of universities and Inter-university centres mandatorily on Monday, January 11, 2021.
“The meeting is to sensitise members on the issues, as contained in the MoU.
“That a three-day protest should hold from Tuesday, Jan. 12 to Thursday, Jan.14, at each branch from 8a.m to 4p.m each day,” he further said.
According to him, state, zonal and national officers of JAC shall monitor the three -day protest, to ensure strict compliance by branches.
“Every branch should ensure that all members participates fully in the protests, while all COVID- 19 protocols are to be complied with.
“As the branch protests mark the beginning of a series of industrial actions to be undertaken by JAC, you are to await further directives immediately after the three- day protest,” he said stressing that every branch must comply and strictly adhere to the directives.
