Three major non-academic staff unions will decide tomorrow
whether to join the strike by university lecturers.
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU,
according to online portal, Premium Times, will meet with
the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and the
Non-Academic Technicians, NAT, in Abuja to decide on
whether to join the ongoing industrial action by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Abdulsubur Salaam, the National Public Relations Officer of
SSANU, said during an interview weekend, that the
associations have been “pushed to the wall” by the federal
government.
ASUU strike
He said: “The federal government has been discussing with
the academics but we have been reaching out to them
before now and they have refused to heed our call.
“The issue of staff school that is being negotiated and we
are not carried along was agreed on by the four unions in
Nigerian varsities; our earned allowances have not been
paid too and branches are really heaping pressure on us,
especially on the staff school issue.”
“So full blown strike may be inevitable as at now. However,
we would take that meeting on Wednesday and make a
decision on this there.”
ASUU had embarked on a nationwide strike last Monday
over demands for improved funding of universities and
welfare of lecturers.
A meeting between the union and the federal government
last Thursday, ended in deadlock.
But an optimistic Adamu Adamu, the Education Minister,
said the strike could be called off within one week.
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