SSANU, NASU Shut Down Activities in UNILAG Over Withheld Salaries

The University of Lagos, UNILAG, has been shut down.

On Wednesday, Activities were paralysed as non-academic staff union members complied with the directive to embark on a seven-day warning strike.

Recall that the Joint Action Committee of SSANU and NASU had some days ago directed its members to embark on a warning strike over the non-payment of four months of withheld salaries.

President Bola Tinubu in October 2023 directed that the university workers who embarked on prolonged strike in 2022 should be paid four months.

Early Wednesday, the institution’s branch of SSANU and NASU in compliance with the directive of its national bodies, locked one of the main gates which affected the entry and exit of vehicles on the campuses. 

This also affected vehicular movements into the school and also caused congestion along the UNILAG route.

The Nation observed that some lecture halls and offices were also locked hindering academic activities. 

The members gathered at the institution’s gate for a “peaceful protest” and to register their displeasure.

Some them held placards with inscriptions such as “Pay us our money!”, “JAC Demands the immediate payment of withheld salaries”.

Other placards had inscriptions: “FGN pay our four months’ salaries without delay!’’ and “Pay us our 4 months salaries!’’