The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU had earlier issued a one-week ultimatum for the government to pay its...
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“If nothing is done by the Federal Government to positively address this situation and respond to our previous letters to them, the members of the two unions may be forced to meet soon to take all lawful and stringent decisions on the matter,” the statement reads in part. The action was to protest the government’s failure to fulfil its promises to the workers and what they described as gross underfunding of the universities.
“It is, however, sad to note that over six months after, this wage award has not been implemented in the monthly salaries of our members even though the sum of N100 billion naira was provided for in the budget for that purpose,” it said in Monday’s communique. SSANU further noted: “NEC in session noted with dismay the continued delay by the government, despite several letters and correspondences and interactions written to it to pay our members the outstanding Earned Allowances. We are aware that the sum of N50 billion was appropriated in the 2023 budget for this purpose.