Withheld Salaries: UniAbuja SSANU, ASUU Begin Protest
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions of the University of Abuja on Tuesday commenced protest over the failure of the government to release the four-month salaries of the university workers during the period they embarked on strike in 2022. Addressing the press at the start of the protest, the chapter president, Nurudeen Yusuf, described the action of the government as “provoking.” The Nigerian government withheld the salaries of both academic and non-academic staff in Nigerian universities for taking part in an industrial action that grounded the universities for eight…