Tertiary institutions

OAUSTECH workers threaten strike over non-payment of wage award, subvention

Angel Ojonugwa April 17, 2024

OLUSEGUN ( Sundiata post) – Agagu University of Science and Technology(OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, have threatened to embark on strike over unpaid minimum wage and wage award.The workers are under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic

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Salary arrears: SSANU and NASU members to receive half salary – FG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

The Federal Government has announced that members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, will receive half of their withheld salaries if President Bola Tinubu approves the payment of their salary arrears. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on

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Reps to halt planned NASU strike, summon minister

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 28, 2024

The House of Representatives is scheduled to halt the planned strike by the Non-Academic Staff of Universities in order to interfere in the disagreement between the federal government and university staff. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on University Education, made the decision during a meeting with officials from the Senior Staff […]

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Withheld salaries: SSANU threatens ‘drastic action’ following seven-day strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 25, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has called off its seven-day warning strike over withheld salaries, vowing “drastic action” against the government. Mohammed Ibrahim, president of the association, made the announcement at a virtual stakeholders forum hosted by the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN) in Lagos on Sunday. Ibeji

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SSANU, NASU end warning strike, announce resumption date

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 24, 2024

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have called off their seven-day warning strike. The two unions went on strike to press their demands for the release of their withheld four-month salaries. They said that it was not justifiable for the Federal Government to fund the Academic Staff […]

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SSANU meeting with FG ends at an impasse; strike continues

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

The meeting between the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria University (SSANU) and the Federal Government concluded in an impasse, with SSANU requesting that strict action continue. On Wednesday, National President (SSANU) Muhammed Ibrahim announced that the strike would continue tomorrow. Recall that SSANU and NASU began on a seven-day nationwide strike on Monday to

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SSANU, NASU, NAATS block UNILAG gate as strike continues

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 20, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions, and the National Association of Academic Technologists members of the University of Lagos staged a peaceful protest in front of the school’s gate on Wednesday. They blocked vehicular movement and hindered the free flow of traffic in the environment.

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SSANU and NASU strike won’t affect UNICAL’s 36th convocation, says VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 19, 2024

Prof Florence Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, has guaranteed that the nationwide strike by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) will not affect the institution’s 36th convocation. The VC noted that at its 36th convocation, around 8,415 students will graduate,

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Unilorin’s Joint Action Committee Begins Warning Strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 19, 2024

In an effort to pressure the federal government to pay the four months’ worth of salaries that its members in the Federal Universities and Inter Universities Centres have had withheld, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), both at […]

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Academic activities at Nigerian universities halt as SSANU, NASU commence strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 18, 2024

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union went on strike nationwide today in protest of the Federal Government’s alleged unfair treatment and inequality in salary payment. Last Monday, unions threatened to shut down hostels and electricity supplies at universities across the country if the Federal Government

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SSANU and NASU declare a seven-day warning strike over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

On Monday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union announced a seven-day warning strike. The unions stated the proclamation was issued to demand that the Federal Government pay its members’ withholding salary for four months following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of a resolution passed by the […]

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Gbajabiamila approved the payment of withheld salaries to only ASUU – SSANU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has stated that the payment of the four-month withheld salaries to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the expense of other university-based unions was due to a directive from the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. SSANU and the […]

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NANS begs SSANU and NASU not to strike over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

If the government fails to pay its members’ withheld salary, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities. These salaries were seized during a strike in 2022 under former President Muhammadu