By Marie-Therese Nanlong

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU of the University of Jos, have joined their counterparts nationwide to paralyze activities at the University.

The action is in obedience to the seven-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the two Unions as directed by their national leadership.

As early as 7 am, the unionists assembled at the gates of the different campuses of the University, barricaded the entrances singing solidarity songs and leaving staff and students who came for work and lectures stranded.

Recall that the development is to among other things, demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members by the Federal Government after the 2022 nationwide strike.

However, SSANU through its UniJos Chapter Chairman, Anthony Joro and his  NASU counterpart, Monday Danjuma in a jointly signed letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Tanko Ishaya and copied to the Plateau State Commissioner of Police and the Director of State Services said the strike was in line with the directive of their national secretariat.

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The letter reads in part “… This is to officially inform you that our National Secretariat has declared a seven-day warning strike with effect from Monday, March 18 to Sunday, March 24, 2024, respectively. Accordingly, this is to put you on notice that all our services will be withdrawn with no concession, from midnight of Sunday, March 17, 2024, till Sunday, March 24, 2024…”

The duo told Vanguard Newspapers in Jos that any of their members found to have sneaked in to carry out any office duty would be sanctioned as the warning strike has to be carried out to the letter.

They insisted that their members including the gatemen were on strike hence there was no one to open and close the gates on the campuses.

The Management of the University didn’t address the unionists as they dispersed in the afternoon, promising to return on Tuesday.

Vanguard Newspaper