SSANU Threaten Strike Over Non- Implementation Of Agreement

[Shola Sholaz]

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned the federal government that the delay in reviewing the 2009 agreement it signed with the union may lead to another round of strike in the university system.
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In a communiqué issued at the end of its 24th regular Executive Council Meeting held at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu State signed by SSANU National President, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, and the National PRO, Comrade NAD Aboribo, it stated that the agreement has since been due for review with effect from August, 2012 and the government is foot-dragging to the implementation.
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SSANU also called on the federal government to expedite action on the payment of the arrears to their members in research institute affiliated to universities, regretting that this category of workers are yet to be paid any arrears of the Earned Allowances.
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The union also viewed with great concern, government's policy on the implementation of Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in all federal ministries, departments, and agencies, and government's insistence on implementing it in universities.
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While they also called on government to urgently implement in full, the group life insurance to her members as part of the Contributory Pension Acts.
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We sincerely hope that this is not another industrial action that will cripple the tertiary education sector that is brewing.