BARRING last minute change of mind, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) resolved to embark on a two-week warning strike beginning from midnight of Sunday, March 27, 2022.
The resolution to embark on the industrial strike is contained in a memo addressed to the leadership of the unions’ branches nationwide and dated Friday, March 25, 2022, following what JAC described as the failure of the Nigerian government to react to an earlier letter conveying the threat to down tools.
JAC’s memo is signed by SSANU President, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU’s General Secretary, Comrade Peters Adeyemi, entitled; “Commencement of Two-Week Warning Strike.”
National Record had reported that the strike will further compound the situation across Nigerian university campuses as the teaching staff under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are already in the second of their three-month initial strike.
The letter reads in part; “In view of the nonchalant attitude of the government to our demands, this is to direct our members in all universities and inter-university centres throughout the country to commence a two-week strike by midnight of Sunday, 27 March, 2022, in the first instance as earlier conveyed to the federal government in our letter.
“Please note that the two-week warning strike should be comprehensive and total as no concession should be given under any guise.
“Your strict compliance and adherence to this directive is mandatory for all branches of NASU and SSANU in the universities and inter-university centres.”
