The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) have pulled out of the ongoing industrial action embarked upon with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after being promised by the Federal Government to address their demands.
SSANU and NASU disclosed that the suspension would take effect from Wednesday, August 24th to allow their members that have left the school campus and others to resume work unanimously.
The decision to suspend the strike was reached on Saturday during a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during a closed-door meeting that lasted for several minutes in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
According to the education minister, the Federal Government has committed N50 billion to pay earned allowances for members of SSANU, NASU and the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
However, activities in public universities are expected to remain limited as ASUU remains on strike.
Minister Adamu, who had hinted of SSANU and NASU’s strike suspension on Thursday, said ASUU rejected the government’s proposal over the “no work, no pay” rule.
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