WorldStage Newsonline– The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non teaching staff unions in tertiary institutions have declared that it has suspended its ongoing strike effective from Nov. 5 only for one month.
Mr Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU in a statement jointly signed with Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, President of SSANU said that the decision to suspend the ongoing strike for a month was due to exhaustive deliberations held with the Federal Government.
JAC comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) had directed it members to embark on an indefinite strike on Oct. 28, to demand for non- payment of four months salaries and non- implementation of other demands.
According to the statement, these high-level engagements culminated into extracting an irrevocable commitment from the Federal Government that two out of the four months salaries would be paid in staggered forms.
He said that a payment of the agreement had been made in October 2024, adding that the second month would be paid by the end of November.
”Arising from the above and in view of the level of commitment exhibited by the new Minister of Education and the leadership of the Department of State Services.
“The leadership of JAC, after several contacts and other patriotic considerations, hereby directs that the ongoing strike be suspended for one month effective Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
“Branch leaders of both NASU and SSANU are hereby directed to convene a joint congress in their respective campuses.
“We wish to reiterate that discussions on the remaining two months, the N5O billion Earned Allowances, Arrears of 25/35 per cent and the Wage Award have been revisited and are undergoing deliberations,” it said.
