NASU, Others Suspend Strike After Truce With FG

Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and National Association of Academic Technologist have suspended their strike.

The national president of the Joint Action Committee, Sam Ugwoke, made the announcement at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

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THE WHISTLER learnt that the meeting began at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and ended 12:20 a.m. on Thursday.

Ugwoke said the strike was being suspended for a month to allow the government meet their demands.

He further enjoined the government to ensure compliance with agreements reached with the unions.

“The three-page agreement was signed and endorsed by all of us; We are taking our document and we will make our pronouncement soon,” Ugwoke told newsmen shortly after the meeting on Thursday.

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The agreement was said to have been signed with the federal government delegation led by the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige.

“Based on this conclusion, we all agreed that the JAC will consult its organ with a view to calling off the strike as soon as possible,” Mr. Ngige said earlier.

The multiple demands by the union include: payment of earned allowances to their members; review of governance system in universities; improved funding of universities in line with UNESCO recommendations; provision of infrastructure in the universities; payment of salary shortfalls being owed; implementation of the National Industrial Court judgement on university staff schools; registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company; NUPEMCO, and the implementation of CONTISS 14 and 15 for technologists.

The unions are also asking for an improvement in the teaching and learning facilities in the universities; stemming the tide of corruption in the university system and “showing of commitment in the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/University unions Agreements.”

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