Ground Varsities, SSANU, NASU Started Strike Today
A statewide strike by the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has been sparked by their claims of unequal treatment and discrepancies in the Federal Government's payment of withheld salary.
“Definitely, it (the strike) has already started,” SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, declared on Channels Television's The Morning Brief programme on Monday.
“As at today (Monday), all our workers in registry, bursary, works and maintenance, secruity, students' affairs have withdrawn their services and nothing moves within the administration of any public university in Nigeria and that will be the case for the next seven days until and unless the needful is done.”
He lamented the fact that no official government representative had contacted any of the non-academic unions, and that even those who had made informal contact could not be relied upon.
Ibrahim sensed that there were “saboteurs in his government” and questioned why some government officials would refuse to completely comply with President Bola Tinubu's directive that varsity union members receive their 2022 arrears.
The SSANU President claimed that although a seven-day warning was given last Monday, Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha has not contacted the irate unions. He described this as a change from the responsiveness of former Labour Minister Chris Ngige.
Ibrahim stated that SSANU and NASU will consult their toolkit to determine the next course of action if the government did not respond to the unions' requests following the start of the seven-day warning strike today.
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