FG fails to reach agreement with NASU, SSANU over arranged strike (details)

The government, on Tuesday, neglected to agree with the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), to back down on its proposed indefinite strike. 

The joint activity board (JAC) of the two associations had declared designs to begin an uncertain strike on February 5, if the central government neglects to satisfy their needs. 

Among issues raised by the associations remember irregularities for IPPIS installment, non-installment of procured stipends and postponement in the renegotiation of FGN/NASU and SSANU 2009 arrangement, and non-installment of retirement benefits. 

Others are disregard and helpless subsidizing of colleges, just as non-constitution of appearance boards for tertiary organizations. 

Talking with columnists after a gathering with the national government assignment on Tuesday, Peter Adeyemi, general secretary of NASU, said a few issues verging on the strike were not finished at the gathering. 

“Because of that improvement, we asked that the public authority ought to permit us an opportunity to meet our individuals and look for a further order. Plainly, the plan of the gathering has not been depleted, so there are still issues to be tended to. Truth be told, quite possibly the most hostile issues is yet to be talked about,” he said. 

“We are well arranged to exchange and subsequent to examining with our individuals, we will return and proceed with the conversation. Up until this point, nothing has been closed. 

“We don’t have the command to discuss suspending the strike. That is not inside our ability. The command of our individuals remains until they request that we invert it.” 

In any case, Chris Ngige, clergyman of work and business, said “sensible advancement” was made at the gathering. 

“The consultations were productive. Government side reacted to issues concerning IPPIS and how is being dealt with help college laborers (non-scholarly specialists), who have had a few objections toward that path, particularly a portion of the stipends they said were slashed off by IPPIS framework,” he said. 

“We were fulfilled that sensible advancement has been made. It’s a work in advancement.” 

(The Nation)