The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have voiced their discontent with the Federal Government’s establishment of a re-negotiation committee.
The committee was formed to renegotiate a disputed 2009 deal with university-based unions.
On Wednesday in Abuja, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of both unions issued a statement signed by Mr Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU, and Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, President of SSANU.
The Minister of Education launched the renegotiation committee on Tuesday.
The JAC stated that the unions were not granted proper recognition.
According to the statement:
“The JAC of NASU and SSANU hereby strongly expresses its displeasure at the inauguration of the re-negotiation committee of the 2009 agreements with university-based Unions on Oct. 15.
“Firstly, the reference on the letters of invitation to NASU and SSANU indicated ASUU, implying that the letters originated from ASUU’s file rather than from the files of our two Unions.
“The event appeared to have been primarily focused on ASUU with the other unions seemingly included as an afterthought.
“The minister of education’s inauguration speech centred almost entirely on ASUU, with only brief and cursory mentions of the other unions.”
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