The JAC of SSANU and NASU has raised the alarm that 80 percent of the money has been allocated to ASUU leaving a paltry 20 percent to the other three unions to share.
ABUJA — A fresh crisis is looming in federal universities following the rejection of the N50 billion Earned Allowance sharing formula by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU. The unions have expressed outrage over the allocation, which reportedly gives 80% of the fund to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), leaving only 20% for SSANU, NASU, and NAAT to share.
In a joint statement titled “Unjust distribution of the approved N50 billion for university unions”, JAC Chairman and SSANU President, Comrade Mohamed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, condemned the formula. “This lopsided arrangement is grossly unfair, provocative, totally unacceptable, and capable of creating industrial disharmony,” they said.
The unions warned that the move threatens to deepen the rift between academic and non-academic staff, worsening the already tense teaching/non-teaching relationship in Nigeria’s university system. They have demanded a review of the allocation.
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