The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, on Wednesday, says the planned industrial action by non-teaching staff in the universities may last up to three months.
SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, stated this on Wednesday in an online interview with The Punch.
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.
The planned strike by the non-teaching staff is coming barely weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities suspended its 10-month strike last December.
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The President of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, in an exclusive interview with Labour Editor, SOJI-EZE FAGBEMI, on the crisis in the university system, and how the government, defiant to all efforts made by the non-teaching unions – SSANU and NASU, will force the varsity workers to embark on an indefinite and comprehensive strike with effect from midnight on Friday 5 February. Excerpts:
You have already declared an indefinite and comprehensive total strike with effect from midnight on Friday 5. What is the justification for university workers to go on strike at this critical time?
I can tell you that all of us that are doing this are not doing it because we are happy but we are forced to do it. When you are leading an interest group like labour union, your major concern is about the welfare and well-being of your members. University system or university education is something that should not be toyed with. When a st