The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and Non-academic staff union Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU have rejected a ten percent salary increase as recommended by the professor Nimi Briggs-led Federal government 2009 Renegotiation committee interim report.
The two unions under the joint Action Committee, JAC, at a briefing in Abuja on Friday, Hailed the Presidential mandate given to the education minister to resolve issues and revealed that none of its eight demands has been conclusively addressed.
The Professor Nimi Briggs Committee, was set up in March 2022 by the minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to renegotiate the 2009 agreement with university based unions, among others
The interim report of the committee has been rejected by two non- teaching staff unions over alleged salary disparity recommendations
The two unions are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU
This development may drag backwards the Presidential mandate given to education minister to resolve the issues with all University based unions within 2 weeks
Like the Academic Staff Union of universities, SSANU and NASU have been on strike for 117 days.
A separate payment platform from IPPIS is among the eight demands of SSANU and NASU
Both SSANU and NASU have pledged their support to the protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress scheduled for July 26 and 27, in solidarity with university-based unions, which are on strike.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
