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NO equity and justice in sharing N40 billion Earned Allowance. For us in NASU, we think the reopening of the universities is the right decision when you look at the fact that our children have been home for almost 11 months now. Not only as a result of COVID-19 but also as a result of the fact that one of the unions has been on strike. That would have been really good news and it would have even been more of a chairing news if the Federal Government had approached the matter in such a way that would have allowed for equity and justice to prevail in its approach towards resolving the problem. But if you had followed the trend, which I am sure you had followed very meticulously, you will know that there is uneasy calm. We have four unions in the system and we all had agreements, subsisting agreements with the Federal Government. The issue of Earned Allowance is not a new thing; it has been a contentious issue over a period of time. Each time the government released some money for the pay...

The Joint Action Committee, for varsity workers comprising Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities, has lamented the Federal Government’s continued indifference to the demands of the unions. NASU chairman, Moddibo Adama University of Technology, Abdulmalik Lawan, Yola, said it was unfortunate that the Federal government renege in keeping negotiations it reached with SSANU and NASU. The acting chairperson SSANU, MAUTECH, Mrs Enason Nicodemus, also said the government was not hearing to demands of varsity workers despite embarking on two weeks warning strike in October, 2020. She stated, “Our two weeks warning strike in October, 2020, was to give notice to the government. But it seems our warning strike is not sinking in with the government. We are asking the government to repent and turn a new leaf, in 2021, they are going to find it hard to deal with the union.”