SSANU, NASU Threaten Strike over Withheld Salaries
These salaries were seized during their strike in 2022 under the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari.
AKACHI NOEL 
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) have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities if the government fails to release the withheld salaries of its members.
These salaries were seized during their strike in 2022 under the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari.
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In a joint letter signed by the President of SSANU, Muhammed Ibrahim, and General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, the unions questioned the rationale with which the government released four months of withheld salaries to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities but failed to release the withheld salaries of non-academic staff in the period under review.
The unions warned that they would no longer be able to assure the government of industrial peace in universities if the amounts owed by the government are not released.
Earlier, the unions wrote protest letters to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on February 13, 2024, over the exclusion of the Non-Teaching staff from the payment of outstanding four months’ salaries.
"We therefore use this opportunity once again to call on the Federal Government to do the needful within the next seven days as the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU should not be held responsible should the wheel of administration and corporate governance be grounded to a halt in the University sector, as we have exercised enough patience," the unions stated.
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Reacting to the issue, the Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Mr Akinteye Babatunde-Afeez, expressed concerns over the impact of potential strikes on students, emphasizing the importance of dialogue over industrial actions.
