The planned industrial action by non-teaching staff in the universities may last up to three months, the National President of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Mohammed Ibrahim, has said.
He said this during an online interview with journalists on Wednesday.
The Non-teaching staff in the universities will commence a nationwide strike from February 5, 2021 over the Federal Government’s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, sharing formula for the N40bn earned academic allowances and non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage.
Ibrahim said the planned strike by the non-teaching workers was a matter of necessity, and the only language the government seems to understand is strike.
The workers had in January embarked on a three-day protest over the government’s failure to honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the unions on October 20, 2020.
The meeting between the Federal Government team and SSANU ended Tuesday without any resolution of the contentious issues.
