By Daud Olatunji

ABEOKUTA–Scores of members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta over alleged plan to retrench over 2,000 workers in  Universities’  Staff Schools .

The SSANU during the peaceful protest alleged that  the government has directed all vice-chancellors to stop paying workers of  Staff Schools of universities which the union said  could result to loss of jobs by over two thousands members working in staff schools in the country.

The protesters were led by Vice -President,  SSANU in South West, Alfred  Jimoh,  the acting  Ogun  state chairman  of the Nigeria Labour Congress,  Dare  Ilekoya and the branch Chairman of SSANU,  Abdul Sobur  Salam.