The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, have reiterated their commitment to the ongoing strike until their demands are addressed.
Despite calls to end the strike, SSANU president Mohammed Ibrahim stated that the industrial action will continue until the unions’ four months salary arrears are paid.
This strike has resulted in the closure of classes and facilities in public universities in Nigeria.
“So, it’s not the issue of meeting. The issue is that we want payment and that every procedure has been followed.
“They can just simply direct this payment and I assure you in less than 24 hours, we can just refer back to our principals and this strike will be suspended.
“Well, assurances are not something that we have not received before. So assurances from politicians and assurances from government officials are not new things to us. But the mandate that we have from our members is that this strike is totally indefinite and that we will only resume when we get the alerts,” he said.
