The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within three weeks.
The unions are demanding, among other things, the payment of four months’ withheld salaries, improved remuneration, earned allowances, and the implementation of the 2009 agreements with the government.
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, had invoked the ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy when the four university-based unions embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022.
In a statement jointly signed by SSANU President, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, the unions noted that the Federal Government was given a 10-day grace period, which expired on 26th July 2024, to pay the four months of outstanding salaries to university staff, with the threat of shutting down universities and inter-university centres if payment was not made.
However, six weeks after the grace period elapsed, the government has yet to fulfill this obligation.
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