Akwa Ibom State University’s Joint Action Committee to Call Off Planned Strike; Lauds Governor Eno for Being Labour-Friendly

 Living to his reputation as a Labour-friendly leader, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, Wednesday, held a meeting with a cross- section of Labour leaders drawn from the Akwa Ibom State University, at Government House, Uyo.

The meeting was held to discuss and resolve some issues that had led the Non- Academic Staff Union ( NASU) Senior Staff  Association of Nigerian Universities ( SSANU) and National Association of Academic Technologists ( NAAT) who constitute the Joint Action Committee ( JAC) to threaten a strike action.

Led by Comrade (Elder) Sunny James, the Chairperson of the Nigerian Labour Congres, Akwa Ibom State Council, the JAC Chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Okon of SSANU, Comrade Mefiok Umanah of NASU, and others, Governor Eno, indicated his administration’s desire to address a number of the contentious issues such as the payments of 13th month salary bonus, the one year outstanding leave grant (2023), and the three month palliative. The Governor, had, within the first three months of his inauguration , visited the University, where he promised to help construct some strategic roads within the main campus at Ikot Akpaden, among other issues.

The Governor charged the Labour leaders to work closely with government in delivering democratic dividends to the people of Akwa Ibom State.

He described  the University as the pride of the State and tasked the University’s management to utilize the internally generated revenue to execute some tasks, maintaining that, government will always pay the monthly subvention as and when due.

The visibly elated JAC leaders praised the Governor for his Labour- friendly tendencies and assured that the planned strike will be called off.


Signed: 

Ekerete Udoh

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor 

February 7, 2024

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