By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
As the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU continues to hinder activities at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, the Association’s leadership has called on the Federal Government to urgently accede to their demands.
Academic activities around the Alabata campus of the University had been slowed down as students complained to journalists that administrative matters usually handled by the striking members of SSANU could not be easily resolved while major offices remained shut.
Speaking with Radio Nigeria, the Chairman, SSANU, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Mr Olurotimi Fasunwon who maintained that no favourable agreement was reached at a meeting held by the leadership of the association and the Federal Government yesterday, said the union was still optimistic that government would resolve the issue before expiration of the 7-day warning strike.
Mr Fasunwon said that the one-week warning strike was to compel the government to respond to their demands by ensuring prompt payment of the four months’ withheld salaries of members which had been paid to only academic staff.
He stressed that the leadership of the association would not hesitate to reconvene and take drastic steps if at the expiration of the 7-day warning strike, the government did not respond to their demand.
The one week warning strike which commenced on Monday by both Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities had paralyzed activities in public universities across the state.
The university workers are protesting the non-payment of the four-month withheld salaries by the Federal Government for their involvement in the prolonged strike in the university system during the last administration which was later released to the members of Academic Staff Union Universities, following the approval by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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