SSANU Joins ASUU, Declares Indefinite Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities (SSANU) on Monday began
indefinite strike.
This followed by a unanimous resolution
adopted by members of the University of
Ibadan chapter of the association at a
congress held at the university Arts Theatre
in Ibadan.
The Chairman of the association, University of
Ibadan chapter, Dr Wale Akinremi, said that
the strike was total.
”This is as a result of the directive from our
National Executive Council; so, the strike is a
national strike.”
He said that the association should have gone
on strike for a very long time ”because of the
government’s provoking way of attending to
issues”.
” We have been short-changed by the
government in the area of subventions and we
cannot take it again ,” Akinremi said.
According to him, the education sector is the
bedrock of the nation’s development and
should be treated with care.
He said that there were other important
issues beside the subventions that needed to
be addressed.
Akinremi listed the issues as training, funding
and disparities in terms of payment.
He said: “Non-teaching members of staff are
wrongly placed in the education system, and
these issues must be holistically addressed.”
According to Akinremi, SSANU will continue
with the strike until it is call off by the
national body.