Published. on. By. Hundreds of nonteaching staff at the University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest against nonpayment of their entitlements by the federal government. The protesters were led by chairmen of NonAcademic Staff Union of Universities NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities SSANU, Comrade Oluwafemi Michael Ogunlade and Abiodun Rasaq Omisore, respectively. The protesting workers started the protest at the main entrance of the institution, during which they blocked the ever busy UISango Road for almost one hour and disrupted vehicular movement. Some of the placards displayed by the angry workers included Federal Government should honour 2009 agreement made with the Union , Nigeria workers are hungry and JAC demands immediate release of earned allowances from 2013 till date . Other placards read Tinubu once promised us cassava but now Garri is no longer available and SSANU demands 4 months withheld salary . Ogunlade said that the workers would mobilise and stage a protest in Abuja if the federal government failed to answer them. He said, You know in the Federal Universities, we have the nonteaching union, we have the teaching union. NASU, SSANU and ASUU. ASUU are the lecturers, while NASU and SSANU are nonteaching staff. But what we discovered was that the Federal Government paid ASUU. I don t have anything against ASUU. We are all working here UI. But our grievances are against the government because it is not ASUU that paid themselves, it is the Federal Government that paid them. And we embarked on the same strike and we even suspended our strike before them. Our strike was four months, while their strike was eight months. If they fail to honour this agreement, we will go to Abuja on July 18, 2024, for a national protest. . Nigerian govt raises alarm over rise in ransomware attacks. FUOYE: NASU, SSANU warm up for strike over unpaid salaries. FUOYE: NASU, SSANU warm up for strike over unpaid salaries. SSANU, NASU protest, threaten strike action over withheld salaries. SSANU, NASU ATBU stage protest, demand sack of Labour, Education Ministers over unfulfilled promises. NASU, SSANU protest nonpayment of salaries, others in Ogun. SSANU, NASU stage nationwide protests over withheld salaries. NASU, SSANU protests intensify over Nigerian govt s selective payment of ASUU salaries. Copyright Daily Post Media Ltd
Nonteaching staff at the University of Ibadan protest nonpayment of entitlements by the federal government. They demand the government to honor agreements and release earned allowances. The protesters threaten a national protest in Abuja if their demands are not met. The staff express grievances over the selective payment of ASUU salaries and plan to escalate their actions.