Inside Details Of Why SSANU, NASU, Declared Seven-day Warning Strike

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By Abiola Olawale

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union, on Monday, declared a seven-day warning strike, compounding the woes of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The Union said the decision to embark on the seven-day strike was to press home their demand for the payment of the withheld salaries of their members by the Federal Government after the 2022 nationwide strike.

President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim who read the Communiqué of the meeting to journalists in Abuja on Monday, noted that the decision to embark on the warning strike was taken as a last resort since several protest letters and other communications with the Federal Government, did not result in the payment of the withheld salaries.

He revealed that the development followed the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions after a meeting held in Akure on Saturday and Sunday.

The New Diplomat reports that SSANU and NASU. on February 13, 2024, wrote protest letters to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman over the exclusion of the non-teaching staff from the payment of outstanding four months’ salaries.

SSANU queried the Nigerian government for paying the withheld salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leaving out the non-academic staff.

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