The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Sokoto State University, SSU, has begun a five-day warning strike following unpaid employees entitlements.
SSANU, SSU, chapter warned that it could embark on an indefinite strike if the Sokoto State Government fails to deal with its calls for.
The industrial motion commenced on Monday, November 2, following the expiration of a 14-working-day ultimatum issued to the state authorities on October 14.
In an announcement collectively signed by its chairman, Ismail Bala Muhammed, and secretary, Mansur Ahmad, the union defined that it was compelled to withdraw its companies after a number of makes an attempt to resolve the dispute by dialogue proved unsuccessful.
The union knowledgeable the college neighborhood and most of the people that it has commenced a five-working-day warning strike following the failure of the federal government to deal with its excellent calls for.
“The union’s demands include the payment of arrears arising from the 25 per cent salary increment, approval and implementation of the 35 per cent Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowance, CONTTA, annual salary increments for eligible members and payment of outstanding check-off dues,” the assertion mentioned.
According to SSANU, it had held a number of conferences with the Commissioner for Higher Education, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry and the Deputy Governor in an effort to safe the federal government’s intervention, including that the federal government subsequently constituted a committee to interact university-based unions from Sokoto State University and Shehu Shagari University of Education, however with none headway on its calls for.
The union mentioned the result of a gathering with the federal government on October 9 was unsatisfactory, saying that the federal government maintained that arrears from the 25 per cent wage increment wouldn’t be paid, whereas the implementation of CONTTA would start in January 2027, topic to budgetary provision.
SSANU rejected the place, insisting that the allowance was a authentic entitlement of its members, saying that comparable allowances had been accredited for tutorial employees below the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and different classes of employees in state-owned tertiary establishments.
The union additional defined that it resubmitted its calls for following a request by the Permanent Secretary however acquired no concrete response earlier than the ultimatum expired.
SSANU appealed to Governor Ahmed Aliyu to intervene personally and make sure the quick decision of the dispute.
It then known as on conventional rulers, dad and mom, college students and different stakeholders to prevail on the federal government to deal with the problems earlier than the warning strike escalates, assuring that failure to deal with their calls for on the finish of the five-working-day warning strike could compel the union to embark on a complete and indefinite shutdown of companies on the college.
