Five days after Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended their strike, non- academic and other related unions yesterday joined the league to return to classrooms, announcing the suspension of their strike following an understanding reached with government. Th e three unions under the auspices of Joint Action Committee (JAC) said they would return in a month time to review the level of implementation of the agreements.
Th ey are Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and National Association of Academic Technologist (NAAT). Chairman of JAC, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, who addressed journalists said the action was avoidable if government had done the needful. Ugwoke said members of the three non-teaching staff unions were directed to resume work by Monday, 25, September 2017.
“We have developed an actionable template with specifi c time frames to implement salient aspects of the agreement. Based on the foregoing and following exhaustive and extensive consultations with our various union organs, we hereby announce the suspension of the strike action embarked upon by the Joint Action Committee of NAAT, NASU and SSANU, on the understanding that the time lines agreed with the Federal Government on the various issues are met. “We have consequently directed our members to resume work on Monday, September 25, 2017.
In one month’s time, we shall be reviewing the level of compliance with the agreement and shall not hesitate to resume the strike action if government reneges on the agreements reached or delays in any aspects”. He said the union demands were spread over a gamut and diversity of issues bordering on the sustenance and survival of the university system, welfare of our members among others. Our agitations were not selfi sh but predicated on an overall love for the system and the interests of our members.
