SSANU holds NEC metting. Calls for Investment of Recovered Loot

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has rounded off its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.

In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, it called on the  Federal Government to make public all recovered mon

ey from politicians and public office holders and inject same into the economy to help it out of recession.

also condemned hate speeches, threat for secession and drumbeat of war in some sections of the country and called on workers to unite against poverty, deprivation and exploitation by the elite or ruling class.

It also frowned at the precarious and pitiable state of the Nigerian worker in the face of present economic realities and called for urgent fixing of the economy

The communiqué read in part: “NEC noted that the costs of food and basic essentials for existence are beyond the reach of the average Nigerian worker, while building materials have become so exorbitant that the common man cannot afford a decent home. Government should plough back recovered loots into the economy

“NEC advises Government to, for purposes of transparency and accountability, announce the various billions of Naira recovered from alleged looters and immediately plough back these huge amounts into the Nigerian economy, as keeping these monies in reserve or as savings while Nigerians starve, makes no meaning.

“SSANU further advises Government to promote policies that will attract investors and prevent oligopolies in the food and building industries to save the masses these bleak situations. SSANU further advises Government to urgently negotiate with the Nigeria Labour Congress for review of the National Minimum Wage and ensure Nigerians are given living wages.