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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions will organise a mass protest in Abuja today (Thursday) over the non-payment of their four-month salary.
The protest, which is expected to kick off from the Unity Fountain, Abuja, by 8 am, will see the union members marching to the office of the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman.
The unions are demanding the payment of their four-month salary which was withheld due to the industrial action of 2022.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, SSANU and NASU embarked on a long strike in 2022. While the ASUU strike lasted eight months, SSANU and NASU had a four-month strike.
Following the directive of President Bola Tinubu that the affected staff be paid four-month salaries, SSANU and NASU members claimed the wages were not paid, while ASUU members were paid.
The NASU and SSANU in a circular addressed to all branch chairmen of various unions, instructed their members to stage a nationwide protest on July 9 across all state chapters, with a follow-up national protest scheduled for Abuja on Thursday (today) to press home their demand.
The circular was co-signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, and the National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim.
The protest followed a two-week ultimatum given in June to the Federal Government to meet their demands.
