NASU, SSANU, threatens strike from March 18 over wage increase, unpaid salaries

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have threatened to commence a one-week warning strike nationwide from Monday if the federal government fails to pay members the four months withheld salaries as approved by President Bola Tinubu. The unions also demanded the implementation of the agreement on 25 percent and 35 percent pay rises reached in 2023, before the commencement of new minimum wage negotiations. They described the withholding of members’ salaries as a breach of the post-strike agreement with the government on the non-victimization of its members who participated in the six-month strike. In the communique signed by SSANU President, Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, the union listed 26 federal and state universities that were still owing its members arrears of the national minimum wage adjustment.