The Federal Government is currently meeting with the Joint Action Committee comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non – Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions.

Among those present in the meeting are the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige ; SSANU National President , Mohammed Ibrahim; and NASU General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi .

The non – teaching staff in the universities had announced that they would embark on a nationwide strike from February 5 , 2021 over the Federal Government’ s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System , sharing formula of the N 40 billion earned academic allowances and non – payment of arrears of the new minimum wage.

Others are the non – payment of retirement benefits to former members , non – constitution of visitation panels to universities , poor funding of universities , teaching staff usurping the headship of non -teaching units, among others.

The committee had embarked on a three- day protest over the government ’ s failure to honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the unions on October 20 , 2020 .

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