- JAC said having waited for the ultimatum to expire without a positive response from the government, it ordered its members “throughout the country to commence a seven-day warning strike effective Monday, 18th March 2024 in the first instance.”
All members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have been dirceted to go on strike starting on Monday, March 18, by the Joint Action Committee (JAC).
The labour organisation stated that the federal government’s inability to resolve the issues brought up and the earlier ultimatum’s expiration are what led to the strike.
Signed by Mohammed Ibrahim, the president of SSANU, and Peter Adeyemi, general secretary of NASU, the statement stated that the government’s decision to withhold members’ pay for four months is the reason the strike is going into action.
It added that the government failed to do the needful regarding the withheld salaries, hence their decision to proceed on a 7-day warning strike effective Monday, March 18 in the first instance.
The statement said the strike would be total and no concession would be given.
Recall SSANU and NASU had threatened to close all university hostels and cut off all university power to press home its demand on the plight of members.
In its reaction to the ultimatum issued by the unions, the federal government said it would continue to engage with the two university-based labour unions.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen over the strike action threatened by the unions.
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