The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has said it will ground activities in universities across the country if the withheld salaries of its members are not paid.
This was in reaction to the exclusion of members of SSANU from the payment of the withheld salaries by the Federal Government which only commenced payment for the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday.
According to The PUNCH, the National President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, complained bitterly about the union’s exclusion from the payment of the withheld salaries.
He insisted that it was a great injustice against SSANU, saying the union was in no way angry that ASUU was paid but it deserved to be paid too.
Ibrahim said, “This is just terrible, we found out that only ASUU’s payment was approved. As it is, there is tension on all the campuses we are not angry that they are paying ASUU, but they should know that it is not only ASUU that went on strike.”
He hinted that SSANU members would meet today ( Tuesday) to take a decision on the development.
Ibrahim said, “Our members will meet tonight, or tomorrow morning to decide. We are under pressure; this is a clear injustice as no university can operate without the non-teaching staff.”
