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The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has announced plans to commence an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within three weeks.
The unions are demanding, among other things, the payment of four months’ withheld salaries, improved remuneration, earned allowances, and the implementation of the 2009 agreements with the government.
In a statement jointly signed by the President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, and the General Secretary of NASU, Prince Adeyemi on Wednesday, the unions said the Federal Government was given a 10-day grace period, which expired on July 26, 2024, to pay the four months of outstanding salaries to university staff, with the threat of shutting down universities and inter-university centres if the payment was not made.
However, six weeks after the grace period elapsed, the government has still not fulfilled this obligation hence the warning of indefinite strike at the elapse of three weeks.
Recall that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, invoked the “No Work, No Pay” policy when the four university-based unions embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022.
