The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have commenced a one-day nationwide protest over withheld salaries.
New Telegraph reports that the ongoing protest has led to disruption of administrative work in universities and inter–university Centres.
The union members converged on the popular Unity Fountain, Abuja as early as 7: 30 am from where they would march on the Federal Ministries of Education and Labour and Employment.
The General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi who spoke with journalists said letters would be presented to both ministries.
According to him, the workers are asking the Federal Government to pay “us what you owe us.”
The unions said meetings with the government over the withheld salaries have not yielded positive results.
Former Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige invoked the ‘No work, no pay’ policy when the four university-based unions embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022.
It would be recalled that the salaries of members of the university-based unions who participated in the strike were withheld by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
But President Bola Tinubu in October 2023 granted amnesty to the university workers and directed that four months of the withheld salaries be paid to them.
