By; BUHARI B. BELLO, Jos
Sequel to increasing fears that the current All Progressives Congress (APC), administration in Plateau State may leave backlog of liabilities, the Nationals Executive Council (NEC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) wants Governor Simon Lalong to release N310 million for the payment of Earned Allowances owed its members in the Plateau State
The figure represents the payment owed from 2010 to 2020.
NEC made the call in a communique issued at the end of its 41st regular meeting held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
It also called on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Yohanna Izam, to mainstream hazard allowances to SSANU members’ salaries in the university at the governing council’s approved rate of N30,000, since the state government has released funds for the full implementation of the allowance.
The National President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, who read the communique, said that the NEC was not happy that PLASU workers were on strike, and urged the governor to ensure the payment immediately.
The communique further called on the state government to address all other issues that led to the declaration of the indefinite strike in the university and also urged the school’s management to comply with the decision of SSANU NEC on the correct payment of checkoff dues without imposing conditions alien to the Trade Union Act.
Others included payment of arrears of earned allowances, payment of arrears of the new minimum wage from April 2019 to December 2020, addressing the issue of haphazard payment of salaries and constitution of a Board to manage the staff gratuity fund.
The workers also demanded the implementation of the CONTISS 15 salary grade level, calculation of annual leave based on working days and compliance with SSANU NEC decision on the correct payment of checkoff dues to the union.
