SSANU, NASU Issue Three-Week Ultimatum To FG Over Unpaid Salaries

SSANU, NASU Issue Three-Week Ultimatum To FG Over Unpaid Salaries

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has warned of an indefinite strike if their overdue salaries are not settled within three weeks. The unions are demanding the payment of four months’ withheld salaries, enhanced remuneration, earned allowances, and adherence to the 2009 agreements with the government…….CONTINUE READING 

The Federal Government had previously invoked the “No Work, No Pay” policy during a prolonged strike by university-based unions in 2022. According to a statement signed by SSANU President Mohammed Ibrahim and NASU General Secretary Prince Peters Adeyemi, the government was given a 10-day grace period, which ended on July 26, 2024, to address the unpaid salaries. With the deadline now passed, the unions are threatening to close universities and inter-university centers if the payment is not made.

Despite the expiration of the grace period, the government has not yet fulfilled its obligation. The unions have now issued a final three-week ultimatum, starting from September 17, 2024, for the government to make the payments and implement the August 2022 agreements. Failure to do so will result in an indefinite strike.

The unions claim that President Bola Tinubu had approved the payment of the withheld salaries as early as July 18, 2024, during a national minimum wage meeting with NLC and TUC leaders. Despite these approvals, the payments have yet to be processed, according to the unions.