FG moves to stop SSANU strike over unpaid salary arrears 

The federal government has summoned a meeting with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) on Thursday, July 4, at the Office of the Minister of Education.

The meeting is coming on the heels of the expiration of a two-week ultimatum issued by the leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU issued to the government to pay them their four months withheld salaries or they will shut down the universities.

Former minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige had invoked the ‘No work, no pay’ policy when the four university-based unions embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022.