SSANU Kicks against FG’s Alleged Divisive Tactics on Negotiations of 2009 Agreements

* Says 28 tertiary institutions owe arrears of 2018 minimum wage

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has alleged that the federal government was adopting the divide and rule style in the in its current re-negotiation of 2009 agreement with universities-based unions in the country.

The association lamented that some of her members were yet to be paid arrears of the National Minimum Wage, which was approved in 2018.
It also warned that the country risked degenerating into a failed state if nothing urgent was done to pull the populace out hunger and economic woos.
In the communique issued at the end of the association’s regular National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and signed by SSANU president Mohammed Ibrahim, the association said, “it views with great concern the adoption of the divide and rule style by Government in the University system.”
SSANU noted that a situation, where the federal government engaged in negotiations with one particular union while neglecting others over similar issues.
According to SSANU, such divisiveness most times set up unions on a collision course, thereby heating up the educational system.
While appreciating government’s gesture in reconstituting the Committee for the renegotiation of the SSANU/FGN 2009 Agreement, it urged government to expedite action on inviting the Union for the renegotiation process.