The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has cautioned the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) against any action capable of disrupting peace and academic activities at the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). In a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, the leadership of NANS Southwest Zone D, condemned and rejected what it called ‘veiled threats’ by …

Normalcy is expected to return to the Federal Universities tomorrow as striking non-academic workers of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have announced the suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over the four months withheld salaries. According to a circular …

The Non-Academic Staff Unions (NASU) at Nigerian public universities have announced that their strike, which began on Monday, will continue until their members receive the four months of withheld salaries. Vice president of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Abdussobur Salaam, made this declaration after a meeting with government representatives at the Federal Ministry of Education. “We are …

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, appealed to members of staff of Nigerian universities to give peace a chance and avail themselves of the opportunity of negotiations created by his administration. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Associations of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) are all geared up for strikes, following the …

The Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu, has written the Ministry of Finance over the withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU); and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Nigerian Universitie and Allied Institutions. In a letter dated 11 July 2024, addressed to the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale …

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday issued a note of warning to the Federal Government over the withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions. The congress in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Benson Upah said the government will court a nationwide protest if it …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on 25 July 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities (NASU) declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries. The one-day protest would be a prelude to …

The Federal Government will today (Thursday) meet the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Educational and Associated Institutions. The meeting to be held at the Office of the Minister of Education is aimed at forestalling a strike by the unions. The meeting is coming on the heels of the expiration of a …

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay the four months withheld salaries of their members. The unions vowed to shut universities and inter-university centres if the government failed to pay the …

Non-academic staff in the nation’s universities, on Sunday, told the Federal Government that they are being pushed to the wall regarding the refusal of the government to pay their almost six months’ withheld salaries. Their grouse is that their counterparts in the academic staff unions have been paid part of their own withheld salaries. According to the workers, the action …