Following a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Saturday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) decided to call off their strike measures.
Beginning on Wednesday, the suspension would be in place.
According to the education minister, the suspension came after the federal government promised to spend N50 billion to pay earned allowances for SSANU, NASU, and Academic Staff Union of Universities members (ASUU).
The NASU/SSANU began their strike with a two-week notice period that began at midnight on Sunday, March 27, 2022, and is still in effect as of Sunday, April 10, 2022.
Some of the demands of SSANU included the inconsistent issue of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system, unpaid earned allowances, delay in the renegotiation of the FGN, NASU, SSANU agreements, and non-payment of minimum wage arrears.
Others include neglect and poor funding of state universities, non-payment of retirement benefits to outgoing members of the unions, and usurpation of the headship of non-teaching units in clear violation of conditions of service and establishment procedures, among others.
