SSANU Keeps Promise, Joins Indefinite Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) joined ASUU and started an indefinite strike on September 30, 2013, Monday.

on-strike-sign_10_0This followed by a unanimous resolution adopted by members of the University of Ibadan chapter of the association at a congress held at the University Arts Theatre in Ibadan.

Dr. Wale Akinremi, the Chairman of the Association, University of Ibadan chapter, confirmed that the strike was total, and it would not be over, unless called off by the national body.

“This is as a result of the directive from our National Executive Council; so, the strike is a national strike.”

Dr. Akinremi further noted that the Association should have gone on strike for a very long time “because of the government’s provoking way of attending to issues”.

“We have been short-changed by the government in the area of subventions and we cannot take it again”, the Chairman of the Association said.

According to him, the education sector is the bedrock of the nation’s development and should be treated with care. He also stated that there were other important issues beside the subventions that needed to be addressed.

Dr. Akinremi listed the issues as training, funding and disparities in terms of payment.

“Non-teaching members of staff are wrongly placed in the education system, and these issues must be holistically addressed,” the Chairman of the Association concluded.

It would be mentioned that the the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) also threatened to join an indefinite strike on October 4, 2013, which would definitely deepen the crisis in the Nigerian educational system.

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