The Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions and Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, has suspended its ongoing strike for two months following its engagement with the Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
The industrial action by SSANU and NASU has led to the suspension in the issuance of academic transcripts; mobilisation of graduates for the compulsory one-year service organised by the National Youth Service Corps.
But in a statement on Saturday, Mohammed Ibrahim, the SSANU president said; “Today, after series of engagements with the Honourable Minister of Education and having considered the issue that led to the strike, and having satisfied ourselves that government, this time around, has committed itself to agree to respect the agreements that have been reached at the meetings, we believe that it is only honourable that we give the government the benefit of the doubt while the needful is being done at the government’s end.
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“To this end, we hereby inform you of a two months window given to the government to actualize the agreements that have been reached. The two months window is in the nature of a ceasefire and does not represent a closure on the industrial action.
“It is our sincere prayer, given the assurance made by the Honourable Minister of Education and our commitment to ensure an end to the ongoing impasse, that the two months opportunity will suffice for actions to be taken and the entire matter laid to rest.
“We wish to thank all Nigerians, the Nigeria Labour Congress and affiliates, the Media and all stakeholders in the Nigerian Educational system for their various roles so far and plead with them to continue to prevail on government to play its own side of the bargain in the interest of peace in our Universities and Inter-university Centres.
“In view of the above, NASU and SSANU members are hereby directed to resume duties on Wednesday, 24th August, 2022.”