Association threatens indefinite strike

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December 18, 2015 5:06 PM

The association has threatened to go on an indefinite strike.

SSANU threatens strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to declare an indefinite strike due to a directive by the Federal Government for universities to retrench workers of University Staff Schools.

Mr Samson Ugwoke, The National President of the association, at a news conference on Friday, December 18, they were unhappy with the failure of the federal government to honour the agreement it had with the association.

“SSANU wishes to notify the Federal Government of our intention to resume our national industrial action on rejection of the directive to Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities, by the National Salaries, income and wages Commission to retrench over 2,000 workers.

“This set of people has been employed by the universities councils for upward of decades and productively contributing their quotas to the development of the Nigerian education system, “ he said.

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He said that the directive to retrench the workers emanated from a circular written on behalf of the minister of Education.

According to him, the implication of this directive is that this category of workers from over 30 universities will be thrown into the unemployment market.

Ugwoke said that the implementation of such directive would be a gross violation and breach of the 2009 agreement between the association and government.

According to him, the agreement is that the university shall bear full capital and recurrent cost of University Staff Primary schools.

“Having engaged the government in prolonged negotiations which culminated in the signing of the 2009 agreement, we hereby declare that we will defend the sanctity of every part of that agreement, “ he said.

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