The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says there is no going back on the strike action by the union and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) until their demands are met.
SSANU and NASU embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday over the non-payment of their four months salary arrears.
Despite calls for the unions to halt the industrial action, SSANU president Mohammed Ibrahim insists that can only happen when their demands are met.
“So, it’s not the issue of meeting. The issue is that we want payment and that every procedure has been followed. They can just simply direct for this payment and I assure you in less than 24 hours, we can just refer back to our principals and this strike will be suspended,” the SSANU chief said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“Well, assurances are not something that we have not received before. So assurances from politicians and assurances from government officials are not new things to us. But the mandate that we have from our members is that this strike is indefinite and that we will only resume when we get the alerts.”