Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and National Association of Academic Technologist, NAAT – TO End Strike on Thursday or Friday

Full activities could shortly resume in Nigerian universities across the country because the non-teaching workers presently on strike have accepted the Federal Government’s proposal aimed toward addressing their grievances.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt but that the putting unions have asked for ‘some time to consult before finally returning to the duty posts.’

Officials of the unions –Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and National Association of Academic Technologist, NAAT – told PREMIUM TIMES off the record that the strike may well be suspended on Thursday or Friday.

The National President of the Joint Action Committee of the unions, Samson Ugwoke, spoke when the second open negotiation meeting with representatives of the govt..

The second conciliatory meeting that started regarding 4:30 p.m. on Wed and concluded at 12:20 a.m. on Thursday is a component of the steps taken by each groups to resolve problems concerned within the current nationwide strike.

”A three-page agreement was signed and supported by all people,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid.

“We square measure taking our (own) document and that we can build our declaration shortly,” he said.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, aforesaid each parties had return to the tip of deliberation on the contentious problems that light-emitting diode to the strike.

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 within the universities; payment of regular payment shortfalls being owed; implementation of the National Industrial Court judgement on university workers schools; registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company; NUPEMCO, and also the implementation of CONTISS 14 and 15or technologists.

The unions also are requesting associate degree improvement within the teaching and learning facilities within the universities; stemming the tide of corruption within the university system and ”showing of commitment within the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/University unions Agreements.”

On the problem of inadequate infrastructure raised by the union, Mr. Ngige aforesaid a seven-member committee are discovered to handle the matter promising that the university system are rejuvenated.

On that of endemic corruption within the universities, he aforesaid the govt. would make sure that the Internally Generated Revenue from universities square measure place to most use.

“Based on these conditions, we've got united with the joint action committee that they're going to consult their organs and decision off the strike as shortly as potential,” he said.

“If you wish the proof of the implementation, we'll gift it to you,” he added.

If the strike is suspended, the unions would be following the pathway of putting lecturers who conjointly recently soft-pedalled on a debilitative strike they embarked upon to push home similar demands.