The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) has directed its members to proceed on a 14-day warning strike from today (Monday).
The SSANU, in a statement, signed by its President, Samson Ugwoke, said the decision to embark on the strike followed the directives by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to Vice Chancellors for the immediate reopening of universities.
The warning strike, according to the senior lecturers, is over alleged “inconsistencies in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPS); non-payment of the arrears of the national minimum wage; and the failure of the government to pay their earned allowances.”
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The union adds that its decision to embark on the strike follows “the non-payment of retirement benefits to its members, lack of seriousness, and delay by the government in the re-negotiation of the 2009 SSANU/Federal Government Agreement, and neglect and poor funding of state universities.”
The statement adds that the strike is a “prelude to a full-blown, total and indefinite industrial action if the grievances were not addressed by the government.”
