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August 17, 2019
NonAcademic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Association ofNigerian Universities (SSANU) will begin a five-day warning strike from Monday,August 19, following alleged delay of the Federal Government in addressingtheir grievances.
Amongthe contentious areas included, Earned Allowances which the non teaching staffunions claimed that they were shortchanged in the sharing formula.
Theysaid that out of the N23 billion released to the four unions in the university,the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) allegedly took over abouteighty per cent of the money, leaving only twenty per cent for the threeunions.
Theyalso lamented the inability of government to obey court judgment, especially the judgment of theIndustrial Court in 2016 that directed government to reinstate sacked workersof Staff Schools, which had not been complied with and the re-negotiation ofthe 2009 agreement.
The National Public Relations Officer of SSANU, Salaam Abdussobur in a statement , said the one week strike would commence on Monday.