SSANU, NASU join strike to cripple activities in varsities
The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions, NASU, have joined other university-based unions to cripple both academic and administrative activities in public universities.
recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had on February 14, commenced a four-week warning strike as a result of the alleged inability of the Federal Government to address their demands.
At the end of the four weeks, the strike was extended to another eight weeks, while the National Association of Academic Technologists had last week, commenced its own two-weeks warning strike.
The two unions, NASU and SSANU have directed their branches across the country to embark on a two-week warning strike from today.
The unions also said they were ready to present to the federal government its preferred mode of payment, the University Peculiar Personnel & Payroll System, U3PS, which they said would address all the challenges unions members were facing in the payment of their salaries.
Meanwhile, the two unions have said they are ready to present its preferred mode of payment, the University Peculiar Personnel & Payroll System, U3PS, which they said will address all the challenges unions are passing through in the payment of their salaries.
The U3PS, according to the SSANU President, Ibrahim, is a system that accommodates the peculiarities in the Nigerian university system.
“The system handles all employees’ financial records in a hassle-free, automated fashion. This includes employees’ salaries, bonuses, deductions, net pay, generation of pay advice, and other financial reports using accounting best practices.
”U3PS seek to essentially automate those micro-administrative tasks performed by accountant general office and bursars of federal institutions, thereby giving the office the mental bandwidth to focus on the macro.
“Some of the security features include but are not limited to One-Time Password, OTP, via google authenticator, BVN verification, among others,” he explained.
JAC in a memo dated March 25, 2022, addressed to the leadership of the unions’ branches nationwide, directed them to ensure total compliance to the directive.
The memo which was signed by SSANU President, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, was entitled “commencement of two-week warning strike.”
The memo read: “In view of the nonchalant attitude of the government to our demands, this is to direct our members in all universities and inter-university centers throughout the country to commence a two-week strike by midnight of Sunday, March 27, 2022, in the first instance as earlier conveyed to the federal government in our letter.
“Please note that the two-week warning strike should be comprehensive and total as no concession should be given under any guise.
“Your strict compliance and adherence to this directive is mandatory for all branches of NASU and SSANU in the universities and inter-university centres.”
