The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Other Allied Institutions (NASU) have accused the Federal Government of ignoring their agitation for the release of their members’ withheld four months salaries.
The unions also said its meeting with the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Education did not show any convincing commitment to the payment of the withheld salaries and resolutions of other pending issues.
The leadership of the unions have, therefore, mandated their chapters in various universities across the country to commence sensitisation activities beginning from Monday, July 8, while also calling for a protest on the campuses on Tuesday 9 July. The resolutions came after the Thursday meeting with the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor; the Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu; the permanent secretary at the ministry, Esther Wilson-Jack; and officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC).
“It is also disheartening that the JAC was also at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and as usual, the Minister of State was not on seat to receive us, as we were informed that she had an urgent call from the villa.
‘’The Permanent Secretary who stood in for her could not make any commitment on the issues raised,” JAC said in a statement signed by SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU’s General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi.
