SSANU warns Nigerian govt over renegotiation, threatens strike

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned the federal government over the ongoing renegotiation process with university-based unions.

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They have made it clear that no final agreement has been reached and threatening industrial action if talks are not concluded by the end of April.

The position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a special NEC meeting held on Saturday at the union’s national secretariat in Abuja, where leaders reviewed developments in the negotiation process.

According to the communiqué signed by the National President of SSANU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Muhammad Ibrahim, and made available to the press on Sunday, the NEC reaffirmed that “the renegotiation process with the Federal Government is still ongoing and has not been concluded.”

The council also expressed concern over what it described as misleading reports in the public space, suggesting that the process had been concluded.

It pointed to the circulation of a letter allegedly indicating approval of a 30 per cent increase in allowances, insisting that discussions were still ongoing and no binding agreement had been signed.

NEC stated that “SSANU will not accept any outcome that falls below the negotiated understanding reached in the course of the renegotiation process, and insists that fairness, due process, and collective bargaining principles must be respected.”