The two unions embarked on the strike to press home the demand for the release of their withheld four months salaries.
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The deadlocked meeting, held on Wednesday at the Conference Hall of the Education Ministry, started at about 1pm
It was gathered that the protesters, carrying various placards and singing to register their grievances, blocked vehicular movement and hindered the free flow of traffic in the environment.
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, made the appeal in a statement on Monday.
The directive to commence the seven-day warning strike was issued by the leadership of the union on Friday.
According to the unions, the declaration was made to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members.
The President of SSANU, Muhammed Ibrahim, and General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, revealed this.
Adedeji Suarau, SSANU Chairman, Federal University Lokoja, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The association also frowned at the decision to single out the Academic Staff Union of Universities for the payment of the withheld salaries.
At the end of the election, Comrade Linus Akata emerged the new Chairman of the chapter.
Bamire made the call during SSANU’s 2023 Week, held at Freedom Park of the University, on Tuesday.
The university unions began the industrial action on Thursday, a development that paralysed activities at the institution.
The National President of the association, Mohammed Ibrahim, made the appeal on Sunday in a communiqué.
Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU President, made the appeal in a statement he issued in Calabar, Cross River State.
Unilorin SSANU Chairman, Naheem Falowo, stated this on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The suspension is expected to take effect from Wednesday.
The acting Registrar, B.S. Momoh, said the step was necessary as the unions, through their actions, were distracting the university from its development vision and mission.
The association solicits a uniform salary structure for members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and SSANU to end the ongoing strike in the education sector.
They are Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Briggs committee is renegotiating a 2009 agreement between university lecturers and the Federal Government.