Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have agreed to suspend their five-month strike for two months.
Peters Adeyemi, spokesperson for the JAC, announced the suspension yesterday in Abuja, stating that the appropriate organs of the two unions decided to suspend the strike after the Federal Government met the majority of their requests.
“After extremely long negotiations and dialogue between the two unions and the Federal Government led by the Minister of Education, and after the meeting we conducted with the leadership of our unions, we have decided to suspend the strike for an initial period of two months,” he said.
“When we presented the government’s offers to our members, they believe that because the government has largely addressed the majority of controversial concerns, the strike should be suspended effective this Wednesday, August 24, 2022.”
We’re using this medium to announce that an agreement has been struck stating that the highlighted things must be implemented within two months. Hopefully, we won’t have to call our members out on strike.”
Mallam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, announced that discussions were continuing with the Academic Staff Union Universities (ASUU), and he expressed optimism that the university-based unions will end their strike soon.