The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have jointly declared a seven-day warning strike in protest of their withheld four months’ salary. The decision comes after a meeting of their joint action committee in Akure, Ondo State, where the SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, highlighted the necessity of the action. The unions argue that the Federal Government, while releasing the withheld salary to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has neglected SSANU and NASU, prompting this industrial action.<\/p>\n
Despite the recent payment to ASUU, SSANU views the exclusion of non-teaching staff from the salary disbursement as a breach of the post-strike agreement with the government on non-victimization of their members who participated in the nationwide strike in 2022. The unions perceive this as discriminatory and a potential source of industrial unrest. They assert that credible information suggests President Buhari’s directive was for all university-based unions to be paid four months’ salary, indicating a suspicion of sabotage within the government.<\/p>\n
The unions, in their communique, not only demand the immediate implementation of the president’s directive for the withheld salaries but also call for expedited action on renegotiating the new national minimum wage. They argue that the current national minimum wage has been rendered ineffective by the hyperinflation plaguing the country, emphasizing the urgency for addressing broader economic concerns affecting university staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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