The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over what they described an ‘obnoxious circular’ by the National Universities Commission.

The University of Lagos Gate

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over what they described an ‘obnoxious circular’ by the National Universities Commission.

The union has, therefore, given the Federal Government till Wednesday April 28, 2015, within which it should address the issues or face industrial action in all the federal and state universities across the country.

SSANU, after its National Executive Council meeting, held at Obudu Mountain Resort in Cross River State, dispatched a communiqué to journalists  in Abuja, on Sunday, which contained this decision.

In the communiqué, signed by its President, Samson Ugwoke, and Public Relations Officer, Mr. N.A.D. Aboribo, SSANU accused the NUC of unilaterally expunging through a circular the aspect of the agreement on university demonstration staff schools.

Also, the union regretted the failure of the government to pay the outstanding arrears of the earned allowances and, most especially, the political statements being made by government functionaries about the payment, which has put serious pressure on the leadership of the union at the national and branch level.

The Union condemned the lackadaisical attitude of the Federal Government in implementing the 2009 agreement, despite its persistent call on the government and the Implementation Monitoring Committee for the full implementation and payment of the arrears of the earned allowance.