The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, says it will withdraw its services from universities across the country if the Federal Government fails to meet its demands before next Monday, March 18, 2024.
SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim says his members including Vice Chancellors, registrars and bursars have not been paid 2022 arrears.
The SSANU leader called out the Federal Government for paying withheld salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, while neglecting other unions like SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU.
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The unions, comprising SSANU, NASU and ASUU, had embarked on an eight-month strike in 2022 to press home some of their demands including a better welfare package. The administration of then President Muhammadu Buhari subsequently invoked a ‘No Work, No Pay policy’ against the unions but President Bola Tinubu last October approved the release of four of the eight months withheld salaries for only ASUU members.
Earlier on Monday, SSANU and NASU declared a seven-day warning strike, effective March 18, 2024 to demand the payment of four months of their members’ withheld salaries.
Mr. Ibrahim says all instruments of communication had failed hence the need for the action.
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