The joint action committee of SSANU and NASU had announced the suspension of their indefinite strike action earlier declared for a grace of one month.
This followed the payment of one out of the three months withheld salary owed them by the federal government of Nigeria.
The effective date for the resumption is Tuesday 5th November 2024 according to the joint statement signed by the leadership of the two unions
The joint statement was dully signed by the National President of SSANU Muhammad Ibrahim and the General Secretary of NASU Prince Peter Adeyemi.
The national leadership of the two unions directed branch chairmen to convey this decision via a Congress meeting to be held on Monday 4th November 2024 and ensure that members resume work on Tuesday the 5th of November 2024.
The statement added that as a result of high-level discussion between the leadership of the two unions with the new Minister of Education, his counterpart from Finance and the Department of State Security Services it was resolved that additional two months of the withheld salaries of the members would be settled in a staggered form to enable the issue be resolved.
The unions also thanked their members across the branches for their resilience in joining the strike action and ensuring strict compliance.
They assured that discussion is ongoing over N50 billion in earned allowances, minimum wage award, arrears of 25/35 the remaining two months withheld salaries among others, noting that the unions are hopeful that things would work better.
The unions through the JAC condemned the invocation of the No-work-no-pay policy of the federal government, non implementation of the 2009 agreement among other demands of the unions.
