The Senior Staff Association of the
Nigerian Universities has called for an
indefinite strike to protest over the sack 2,000 university workers by FG.



The Senior Staff Association of the
Nigerian Universities has called for an
indefinite strike on December 24, 2015
to protest a recent decision of the
Federal Government to sack 2,000
university workers across the country by
January, 2016.
The National President of SSANU, Mr.
Samson Ugwoke, said during a press
briefing in Abuja on Friday that the
National Salaries, Income and Wages
Commission, and the National
Universities Commission had written
letters of termination to 2,000 members
of staff of the universities.
Ugwoke said that the senior staff union
of the universities had already
dispatched letters to the Ministry of
Education, the NUC and the National
Salaries, Incomes and Wages
Commission to withdraw the letters of
termination issued to varsity workers of
the University of Ilorin, Federal
University of Technology, Akure, Usman
Dan Fodio University, Sokoto and
others.
He said that SSANU also urged the
Education Ministry and the other
agencies to ensure immediate
withdrawal of similar letters to vice
chancellors to terminate the
appointment of personnel of university
staff primary schools.
He said the letter dated December 17,
2015 also copied President
Muhammadu Buhari, the President of
Senate, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Mr.
Yakubu Dogara, the Minister of Labour
and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and
others.