The Federal Government has released funds for the payment of withheld salaries to the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). This is a conciliatory step by the federal government in addressing longstanding salary arrears and supporting federal university staff, some of whom have embarked on strike. The announcement came from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation …

THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of non teaching staff unions in the universities, comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike from Monday over the non payment of the four months withheld salaries. The strike according to …

There are strong indications that the nation’s university system may be crippled at any moment as members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Other Associated Institutions (NASU) have threatened to resume their suspended strike over four withheld salaries by the Federal Government. The General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi, gave this hint on the sidelines of 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 …

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 …