The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee yesterday said in Abuja that they were yet to receive an invitation for continuation of negotiation, adding that the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee’s recommendations on salary adjustment if implemented would plunge the system into a deeper crisis.
His words: “Let it be stated clearly, that SSANU and NASU reject any salary recommendation that would cause a further disparity in the university system. There is an already existing disparity in the system, which we had always closed our eyes to. To further expand that disparity would be an invitation to the greatest level of anarchy and industrial unrest ever witnessed in the university system.”
In a circular with reference number ‘JORAISU/R/282/VOL.VI/47’, the joint unions, while commending the resilience of the staffers, said efforts were on to convene a meeting of all stakeholders in the Research and Development Institutes sector on the issues in dispute.
ASUU is being used and if this is not well handles with care, we will have total crisis