Nigerian university staff have vowed to begin
associate degree indefinite
strike from weekday, connexion their academic colleagues.
The Academic workers Union of Universities, ASUU, had earlier begun associate degree indefinite strike on 13th August however can resume negotiation with The Federal Government (FG) on Thursday.
But at a conference on Wednesday (weekday) in Abuja, ( Nigerian capital), the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU; and also the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, aforesaid the unions can begin a “total and comprehensive indefinite” strike thanks to the federal government’s alleged failure to fulfil a 2009 agreement with the unions.
The chairman of JAC World Health Organization is additionally the National President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, aforesaid the commercial action can begin on Sep 11.
He aforesaid the staff won't offer even skeletal services throughout the strike.
“Concessions shall not be granted whereas all our members ar to remain reception until more notice, unless as directed by JAC through their various presidents,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid.
Apart from the 2009 agreement the unions aforesaid was reached with government and a memo of Understanding reached this year, the unions aforesaid they were hard payment of attained allowance to their members, review of governance system in universities, improved funding of universities in line with UN agency recommendations and provision of infrastructure within the universities.
They are additionally soliciting for payment of wage shortfalls being owed, implementation of the National Industrial Court judgment on university workers colleges, registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company, NUPEMCO, and implementation of CONTISS 14 and 15(fourteen and fifteen) for technologists.
They additionally need improvement of teaching and learning facilities within the universities, stemming of the tide of corruption within the university system, showing of commitment within the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/University unions Agreements and making certain the headship of non-teaching units by non-teaching workers utilized for the aim of these units.
The union additionally aforesaid it's essential for state to observe the funds being free to universities.
“It isn't regarding emotional cash, however let it's used for the aim it had been free for, whether or not it's government fund or internal generated revenue. Government is aware of those who management funds within the university, ” the JAC chairman aforesaid.
He aforesaid tho' the govt. wasn't given a timeline to fulfil these demands, a memo of understanding was signed when a Gregorian calendar month eighteen meeting. He aforesaid the understanding ought to be enforced “as presently as attainable.”
“In 2015, the National Salaries financial gain and Wages Commission, engaged on behalf of the centralized, directed heads of establishments and agencies to prevent the inclusion of staff within the university workers college from the payrolls of their establishments and supported the directive, over 2000 of our members were technically retrenched,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid.
The unions aforesaid they'd given the centralized a 35-day notice before they set to begin the strike on weekday.
“Until we have a tendency to kicked off the 5 days warning strike in Gregorian calendar month, the centralized ne'er referred to as North American nation for dialogue,” he recalled.
“If associate degree agreement was signed in 2009 and currently in 2017 we have a tendency to ar still hard for the implementation of such agreement, will it not show that we've got been passing patient?
“Our Charter of Demands has been with the govt. before ASUU went on strike,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid, stressing their call to travel on strike wasn't associated with the continuing action by their tutorial workers colleagues.
The Academic workers Union of Universities, ASUU, had earlier begun associate degree indefinite strike on 13th August however can resume negotiation with The Federal Government (FG) on Thursday.
But at a conference on Wednesday (weekday) in Abuja, ( Nigerian capital), the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU; and also the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, aforesaid the unions can begin a “total and comprehensive indefinite” strike thanks to the federal government’s alleged failure to fulfil a 2009 agreement with the unions.
The chairman of JAC World Health Organization is additionally the National President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, aforesaid the commercial action can begin on Sep 11.
He aforesaid the staff won't offer even skeletal services throughout the strike.
“Concessions shall not be granted whereas all our members ar to remain reception until more notice, unless as directed by JAC through their various presidents,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid.
Apart from the 2009 agreement the unions aforesaid was reached with government and a memo of Understanding reached this year, the unions aforesaid they were hard payment of attained allowance to their members, review of governance system in universities, improved funding of universities in line with UN agency recommendations and provision of infrastructure within the universities.
They are additionally soliciting for payment of wage shortfalls being owed, implementation of the National Industrial Court judgment on university workers colleges, registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company, NUPEMCO, and implementation of CONTISS 14 and 15(fourteen and fifteen) for technologists.
They additionally need improvement of teaching and learning facilities within the universities, stemming of the tide of corruption within the university system, showing of commitment within the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/University unions Agreements and making certain the headship of non-teaching units by non-teaching workers utilized for the aim of these units.
The union additionally aforesaid it's essential for state to observe the funds being free to universities.
“It isn't regarding emotional cash, however let it's used for the aim it had been free for, whether or not it's government fund or internal generated revenue. Government is aware of those who management funds within the university, ” the JAC chairman aforesaid.
He aforesaid tho' the govt. wasn't given a timeline to fulfil these demands, a memo of understanding was signed when a Gregorian calendar month eighteen meeting. He aforesaid the understanding ought to be enforced “as presently as attainable.”
“In 2015, the National Salaries financial gain and Wages Commission, engaged on behalf of the centralized, directed heads of establishments and agencies to prevent the inclusion of staff within the university workers college from the payrolls of their establishments and supported the directive, over 2000 of our members were technically retrenched,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid.
The unions aforesaid they'd given the centralized a 35-day notice before they set to begin the strike on weekday.
“Until we have a tendency to kicked off the 5 days warning strike in Gregorian calendar month, the centralized ne'er referred to as North American nation for dialogue,” he recalled.
“If associate degree agreement was signed in 2009 and currently in 2017 we have a tendency to ar still hard for the implementation of such agreement, will it not show that we've got been passing patient?
“Our Charter of Demands has been with the govt. before ASUU went on strike,” Mr. Ugwoke aforesaid, stressing their call to travel on strike wasn't associated with the continuing action by their tutorial workers colleagues.
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