The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Allied Institutions (NASU) staged a protest on Tuesday against the Federal Government’s decision to withhold their salaries for the past four months.
Comrade Alasan Abdullahi, NASU Chairman at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), voiced the unions’ grievances following the protest at the university. He criticized the Federal Government for selectively paying four months’ withheld salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) while neglecting non-academic staff.
“We are protesting to show our concern over the Federal Government’s selective payment to ASUU, leaving out other union members,” Abdullahi stated. “Are we not all university staff?”
Abdullahi warned that if the Government does not respond to their demands, the unions will proceed with a warning strike.
A recent meeting between the unions and the Federal Ministry of Education ended without a clear commitment to paying the withheld salaries or resolving other pending issues. Consequently, the union leadership has directed chapters across various universities nationwide to begin sensitization activities starting Monday, July 8, and has called for a campus protest on Tuesday, July 9.
