The two non-academic staff unions in Nigeria’s Universities have given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum over the sharing formula of the just-approved N22.127 billion for payment of earned allowances for the university staff.
The unions are: the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU).
It was gathered that out of the approved amount, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is to take a lion share of 75 per cent of the total sum, while the other three unions, SSANU, NASU and and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), will share the remaining 25 per cent among themselves.
It would be recalled that the last N40 billion Earned Allowances released by the Federal Government for the four Universities based unions where ASUU was also allocated 75 per cent of the total sum had generated a crisis in the university system.
SSANU and NASU, under the umbrella of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), rejected the sharing formula and have given the government two weeks to redress what they described as injustice meted out to them.
It was gathered that a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Comrade Peters Adeyemi and the National President of SSANU, Comrade Mohammad Ibrahim titled “Refusal of Federal Government to honour Memorandum of Action” asked the government to intervene in the looming but avoidable crisis in the universities.
