UNILORIN SSANU, NASU members begin strike

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University and Non Academic Staff Union at the University of Ilorin on Monday embarked on strike in compliance with the directive of the national bodies of the two unions.

SSANU and NASU members began a seven-day nationwide strike to protest what they described as unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of withheld salaries of their members by the Federal Government.

According correspondent gathered that members of the two unions first reported for duty at the university and held a congress at the gate of the institution before departing for their homes.

The chairman of NASU at the University of Ilorin, Zuberu Ibrahim, said the strike was a success as members of the two unions complied totally with the directive of the national body

“The compliance of our members to the strike is total. We held a congress at the gate of the university early on Monday before members dispatched to their respective homes, and this will continue in the next seven days,”  Zuberu said.

The Public Relations Officer of SSANU in the University, Segun Alabi, said the compliance of members to the strike was total, adding that members of the union dispersed to their homes immediately after the congress held at the gate of the institution early on Monday.

However, it was further gathered that the academic staff at the university had taken control of the activities in the institution so that the ongoing student examinations were not disrupted despite the strike.

A staff member of the institution told According Online that the examination being conducted for the students, which started two weeks ago, was still going on despite the strike adding that “members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have taken control of the examination as they don’t want it disrupted.”

The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, confirmed that the strike did not affect the student’s ongoing examination.

“We don’t want the strike to affect the students; the management made a special arrangement so that the ongoing examination would continue,”  Akogun said.