Mohammed Ibrahim, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), says the union, alongside the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU), will shut down the universities in the country in seven days if their demands are not met by the Federal government.
Speaking on a TV programme monitored by Radio Now’s Newsroom, Mr.Ibrahim says the ultimatum starts counting from today, and has become necessary because, according to him, the union’s grievances have been ignored for too long, and its members have been pushed to the wall.
He also adds that the economy is not in good shape, and most of the universities are located far outside the township and union members have to commute every day. He also bemoaned the inaccessibility of fuel, the scarcity of food and the inability of members to address their medical concerns.
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Mr. Ibrahim adds that the union, which went on strike with three other university-based unions between the 27th of March and the 27th of August 2023, after the intervention of the then Minister of Education, Mal Adamu Adamu, had an agreement with the government to review their situation.
He also added that the government stopped the salaries of all non-teaching staff in May and was only restored in September of the same year, adding that the current government decided to pay the withheld salaries of only ASUU members.
The SSANU President adds that their colleagues in ASUU have received their withheld salaries and no one is saying anything about NASU and SSANU.
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