Unions Issue 7-day Strike Notice To Federal Government

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) person issued a seven-day onslaught announcement to the national authorities implicit what they described arsenic long-standing neglect of captious labour issues affecting their members successful universities and inter-university centres.

In a associated missive signed by NASU general-secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, and Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, president of SSANU and president of the JAC addressed to the curate of education, the unions recalled that they had written to the ministry connected June 18, 2025, seeking urgent involution successful disputes relating to earned allowances, withheld salaries, wage increments and the stalled renegotiation of the 2009 national authorities agreements.

According to the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU, their June missive prompted a gathering with the curate connected July 4, 2025, wherever it was agreed that a tripartite committee would beryllium acceptable up to code the skewed sharing of N50 cardinal earned allowances.

However, the unions said the committee failed to present connected its mandate.

“The issues raised successful the missive centred connected unjust disbursement of N50 cardinal earned allowances, non-payment of outstanding withheld salaries and 25/35 per cent wage increments, and renegotiation of the Year 2009 FGN and NASU/SSANU agreements,” the unions stated.

They added that portion the curate promised to fast-track outgo of arrears connected withheld salaries and wage increments, nary tangible advancement has been made.

“It is arsenic important to enactment that the renegotiation of the Year 2009 FGN and NASU/SSANU Agreements is being delayed.

It is connected grounds that the Alhaji Yayale Ahmed-led Renegotiation Committee, inaugurated connected 15 October 2024, lone had its inaugural gathering with the JAC of NASU and SSANU connected 10 December 2024. Since then, the Federal Government squad has gone into limbo with the Non-Teaching Staff Unions, whereas our counterparts successful the Academic Staff Union person already concluded renegotiation and are connected the verge of signing an agreement,” the missive read.

The unions expressed vexation that the national authorities has not taken decisive steps to resoluteness the disputes contempt repeated reminders, including a follow-up missive sent connected August 18, 2025.

“Despite our repeated efforts to gully your attraction to code concerns affecting our members successful the universities and inter-university centres, determination appears to beryllium thing affirmative forthcoming from your office,” the missive added.

The JAC warned that they had nary enactment but to instrumentality action.

“In airy of the persistent unresolved issues and the evident deficiency of responsiveness from the Government to our morganatic concerns, we are compelled to service a ceremonial announcement of 7 days, commencing from Monday, 15th September 2025, to code our agitations.

The missive noted, “Failing this, members of NASU and SSANU would embark connected a bid of morganatic concern actions, including strikes, to property location our demands.”