INDUSTRIAL ACTION: SSANU SUSPENDS TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM AS FG PAYS 8 MONTHS ARREARS

INDUSTRIAL ACTION: SSANU SUSPENDS TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM AS FG PAYS 8 MONTHS ARREARS

INDUSTRIAL HARMONY HAS BEEN SECURED IN THE NATION’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS THE SENIOR STAFF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES (SSANU) OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES THE SUSPENSION OF ITS TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM ISSUED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE DECISION FOLLOWS THE GOVERNMENT’S PROMPT RELEASE OF FUNDS ON OCTOBER 7 TO CLEAR EIGHT MONTHS OF OUTSTANDING CONTTA ARREARS FOR JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 2026.

SSANU NATIONAL PRESIDENT, COMRADE MOHAMMED HASSAN IBRAHIM, MADE THIS KNOWN IN A STATEMENT SAYING THE MOVE DEMONSTRATES THE UNION’S COMMITMENT TO CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND PEACEFUL DIALOGUE.

DESPITE HALTING THE PLANNED INDUSTRIAL ACTION, THE UNION IS CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECIPROCATE THE GESTURE BY URGENTLY ADDRESSING OTHER LINGERING GRIEVANCES. THESE OUTSTANDING DEMANDS INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF ONE-YEAR ARREARS FROM THE 2023 TWENTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT SALARY AWARDS, TWO MONTHS OF WITHHELD SALARIES FROM 2022, AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2026 SIGNED AGREEMENT BY STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR MEMBERS IN STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES.