Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have commenced two weeks nationwide warning strike.
Nigeria News House understands that the unions embarked on the industrial action due to the inability of the government to meet some of their demands which include the failure of the government to review salaries and implement promotion arrears, non-payment/ haphazard payment of retirees’ benefits as well as inconsistencies in the Integrated Payment Personnel System (IPPIS).
The Chairman of SSANU, Comrade Showunmi Olushola, in the company of his NASU counterpart, Comrade Aderibigbe Ayooluwa while addressing members of the union in front of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate building on Monday, directed all members to stay at home while the strike action lasts.
“No service is essential at this time, stay off campus, no concession under any guise,” he said.
The union leaders threatened to go on a total strike if the government fails to meet their demands at the end of the warning strike.
The strike action comes at a time the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is still on their extended strike action.
