The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have jointly declared a seven-day warning strike to protest the withholding of their salaries for four months.
The decision was made following a meeting of their joint action committee in Akure, Ondo State, last Thursday and Friday, and was announced in Abuja on Monday.
Mohammed Ibrahim, the SSANU National President, conveyed the unions’ decision, stating that the strike was a response to the Federal Government’s refusal to pay their salaries withheld during their nationwide strike in 2022. Despite the recent release of the withheld salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which was also on strike in 2022, the government has overlooked SSANU and NASU.
The strike action reflects the dissatisfaction of university staff with the government’s unequal treatment and failure to address their grievances. As the unions embark on the warning strike, they seek to draw attention to the delayed payment of salaries and demand fair treatment in line with their contributions to the university system.
Source: PUNCH