SSANU and NASU Launch Seven-Day Strike Over Unpaid Salaries, Challenge Federal Government's Decision
This decision comes after the government released the withheld salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) but ignored SSANU and NASU.
AKACHI NOEL 
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have taken a decisive step by declaring a seven-day warning strike in response to the Federal Government's failure to pay their four months' salary. This decision follows a meeting of their joint action committee in Akure, Ondo State, where they discussed the ongoing issue of withheld salaries.
During a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, announced the commencement of the warning strike, emphasizing the unions' dissatisfaction with the government's actions. According to Ibrahim, the Federal Government had neglected to pay the four months' salary owed to SSANU and NASU members, despite releasing the withheld salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which was also on strike in 2022.
The unions argue that the government's exclusion of SSANU and NASU from the payment of outstanding salaries is a violation of the post-strike agreement and a clear breach of their rights. They view this discriminatory treatment as an invitation to industrial unrest and are calling on the relevant authorities to rectify the situation immediately.
In addition to demanding the payment of their withheld salaries, SSANU and NASU are also urging the government to expedite action on the renegotiation of the new national minimum wage. They highlight the detrimental impact of hyperinflation on the current minimum wage and stress the importance of addressing this issue promptly to alleviate the financial strain on their members.
