The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, have suspended its ongoing strike for a month.
Recall the JAC of SSANU and NASU on Monday, October 28, 2024, embarked on an indefinite strike over its four months of withheld salary.
Since then, activities have been grounded in universities across the country.
However, after payment of a month out of the four-month salaries on Friday, the unions in a statement jointly signed by National President, SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, and General Secretary, NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi on Sunday, urged their members to resume work on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
The statement revealed that a high-level engagement culminated in extracting an irrevocable commitment from the Federal Government that the two months of the four months withheld salaries would be paid in staggered form.
“Arising from the above and in view of the level of commitment exhibited by the new minister and the leadership of the Department of State Services, the leadership of JAC, after several contacts and other patriotic considerations, hereby directs that the ongoing indefinite strike be suspended for one- month effective Tuesday, 5th November 2024.
