4 Months Withheld Salaries: Varsity Workers Direct Members To Commence 7Day Warning Strike From Monday

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non Academy Staff Union (NASU)and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) counterpart has ordered it’s members to commence a 7day warning strike over the withheld four months salaries.

JAC in a circular dated 18th March, 2024 and signed by Prince Peters A. Adeyemi, General Secretary, NASU and
Com. Mohammed H. lbrahim,
President, SSANU said the directive became imperative following the failure of government to listen to their demands.

The circular stated that “the Joint Action Committee of SSANU and NASU has inundated the Federal Government with the need to pay the withheld 4 months’ salaries of our members in the
Federal Universities and Inter-University Centres as done for our Academic counterpart to no avail.

“As a matter of fact, the attention of Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President and Prof. Tahir Mamman, SAN, OON, the Honourable Minister of Education was called to this injustice and unfair treatment of our members in our letter referencedJACINSNOL.II/277 dated 13th February, 2024 and to also inform them to resolve the issue positively before it leads to unnecessary upheaval in our University Sector.

“In a similar vein, a press release was issued on 1st March, 2024 and the Federal
Government was given 7-days ultimatum to do the needful in respect of the payment of the withheld 4 months’ salaries but nothing was done on same.

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“Having waited patiently for the ultimatum to expire without positive response to our
demand by Government, this is to direct our members in the Universities and Inter-
University Centres throughout the country to commence a 7-day warning strike effective Monday, 18th March, 2024 in the first instance.

The circular then stated that ‘the 7-day warning strike should be comprehensive and total as no concession should be given in any guise.