Varsity staff begin strike today over unpaid salaries

A letter signed by SSANU General Secretary Comrade Promise Adewusi and addressed to vice chancellors of the affected schools, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Minister of Labour and Productivity Emeka Wogu said the union has mobilised it members across the country for the strike.In the letter, SSANU accused the […]

A letter signed by SSANU General Secretary Comrade Promise Adewusi and addressed to vice chancellors of the affected schools, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Minister of Labour and Productivity Emeka Wogu said the union has mobilised it members across the country for the strike.
In the letter, SSANU accused the institutions of stopping workers’ wages with no justifiable reason even though they have discharged their obligation.
“The non-payment of our members in your university when some other Federal universities had since paid the August salaries is viewed by our members as an act of punishment against them for working and this has made them restive.
“We therefore demand that the August salaries of our members in your university be paid to them on or before Friday, the 27 September, 2013. Failure to pay by that day will be regarded as a conclusive act of aggression against the economic right and interest of our members.
“We shall then be at liberty to direct them on work stoppage as our members would no longer be in a position to continue to transport themselves to work. We urged you to take immediate steps to remedy this anomaly,” the letter urged.