Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, in the University of Ilorin, have commenced an indefinite strike.
The unions staged a peaceful protest at the main gate of the university this Monday, displaying placards with inscriptions such as demanding fair treatment and living wages, payment of withheld salaries and 45% increment while enforcing compliance with the industrial action.
Chairman of SSANU, University of Ilorin chapter, Falowo Olushola, said the strike was necessitated by the Federal Government’s failure to conclude the renegotiation and implementation of the 2009 agreement with non-teaching staff unions.
The strike action affects all federal and state universities, as well as inter-university centres across the country, with monitoring teams deployed to ensure full compliance and despite indications of renewed talks scheduled for this Monday, the unions insist that the industrial action will continue until their demands are fully met.