BREAKING: Nigeria University Workers Declares 7-Day Warning Strike, Give Reason

Nigerian university workers has declared 7-day warning strike to protest their withheld salary.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike.

VerseNews reports that the unions declared the 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of the four-month salaries withheld during the 2022 nationwide strike.

According to Channels TV, SSANU and NASU opted for the strike as a last resort since several protest letters and other communications to the federal government failed to lead to the payment of the withheld salaries.

This followed the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions after a meeting held in Akure, Ondo State capital on Thursday and Friday.

The communique was signed by the National President, SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, and made available to our correspondents on Monday.

The unions in the communique frowned at the latest action of the government, which excluded SSANU and other non-teaching university-based unions from the payment of the four months withheld salaries arising from the nationwide strike action embarked upon by all unions in our public Universities.

The communique read in part, “While SSANU is not averse to the payment of the withheld salary to our sister union ASUU, it, however, views this action as a clear violation and breach of the post-strike agreement with the government on non-victimisation of our members who participated in the strike.

“We strongly oppose this discriminatory practice, which we view as the government’s open invitation to industrial crisis. Credible information available to us has it that the directive of Mr. President is for all university-based unions to be paid four months’ salary.

“NEC suspects saboteurs in this government bent on destabilising and destroying Mr. President’s good intent to sustain industrial peace in the University system.

“NEC in session, therefore, calls on the relevant authorities of the Government to immediately implement the directive of Mr. President by paying our members the four months withheld salaries, failing which NEC has approved a one-week warning strike in conjunction with our sister Union in JAC, NASU.”