IPPIS: SSANU, NASU threatens 3-days protest
By Modupe Shodeinde
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has made known plans to embark on a three-day nationwide protest from Tuesday.
Reasons given by the committee for the protest include, inconsistencies in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, sharing formula of the N40 billion earned academic allowances and non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage.
The committee also gave delay in the renegotiation of the FGN/ ASUU/SSANU 2009 Agreement, non-payment of retirement benefits to former members, non-constitution of visitation panels to universities, poor funding of universities, teaching staff usurping the headship of non-teaching unit, as some of the issues.
All branches of JAC were directed to mobilize members on Monday for the rallies.
A communique signed by the SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, and the General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi, stated that the unions would consider other measures, including embarking on an indefinite strike, after the protests.
The committee had also informed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige of their intention to embark on the protests.
