Activities at most universities across the country were paralysed on Monday following the warning strike embarked upon by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities over their withheld salaries for four months.
At the University of Jos, Plateau State, on Monday, the gates of the university were shut, while staff and students who tried to gain entrance were left stranded.
The unions said the declaration was made to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members by the Federal Government after the 2022 nationwide strike.
Academic activities were also at a standstill at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on Monday, as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities of the institution, joined the seven-day nationwide warning strike.
Members of the groups marched around the institution’s campus while on enforcement to ensure compliance among their members.
Speaking to journalists, the institution’s Secretary of SSANU, Bonny Ozonkwuaku, said they were in total compliance with the national directive to observe the seven-day warning strike.
On Monday, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of
Members of the two unions of the University of Ilorin also embarked on a seven-day warning strike.
Consequently, the institution’s management has assigned members of the academic staff to oversee activities during the period of the warning strike.
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