SSANU slams FG’s ‘double standards’ on negotiations, threatens industrial action
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA — The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has blasted the Federal Government for its “unnecessary delay” in concluding the 2009 FGN/SSANU renegotiation agreement, warning that the foot-dragging risks shattering industrial peace across universities.
The South-South zone of SSANU, in a communique after its 15th Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, expressed “grave concern” over the stalled talks, which have sparked widespread apprehension among non-teaching staff — especially as the government has since concluded negotiations with its counterparts, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and commenced implementation since January 2026.
The association, in a communique signed by Comrade Azuma Cheta (National Vice President) and Comr. Iduh Julius (Zonal Secretary), expressed deepening frustrations amid Nigeria’s ongoing public sector wage crisis.
“This delay… is a double standard,” the communique thundered, underscoring that senior staff and lecturers are “equal stakeholders in the university system.
“The zone decried the government’s “divisive policy” as a direct threat to hard-won harmony in tertiary institutions.It pledged full cooperation with SSANU’s national leadership on “any constitutional means” to force compliance, signaling potential escalation if ignored.
The communique said: “This divisive policy of the Federal Government is capable of truncating the existing industrial peace in our universities.
“ZEC-in-Session therefore strongly urges the Federal Government to immediately invite all stakeholders to the renegotiation table for the conclusion, signing, and implementation of this agreement.
“ZEC-in-Session resolved to cooperate with the national leadership of SSANU on any constitutional means in pressing home their demands.”
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