The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions (NASU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists of the University (NAATS) have called off their warning strike, with normal activities set to resume on Monday.
The JAC, representing the aforementioned unions, initiated the strike action to protest against their exclusion from the payment of withheld salaries, a privilege extended to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since February.
This was a consequence of the ‘No Work, No Pay policy’ invoked by the former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration during the prolonged strikes by ASUU, SSANU, and NAATS in 2022.
Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, the National President of JAC of SSANU and NASU, expressed disappointment at the government’s lack of response to their demands.
Despite the unions’ persistence, the salaries of non-teaching staff remain unpaid. Ibrahim announced during a Zoom meeting with journalists that the unions would resume normal activities on Monday, March 25, 2024.
They however plan to convene with the National Executive Council to chart on the next course of action.
