Activities
in the nation’s universities would soon be paralyzed as the Senior
Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) threatened to
commence a nationwide strike should the Federal Government carry out its
plans to stop funding of university staff schools across the country.
Vice-President,
Western Zone of SSANU, Comrade Alfred Jimoh drop the hints during a
peaceful protest against a circular purportedly issued by the Federal
Ministry of Education, directing Federal Public Establishments with
staff schools not to fund their personnel budget from the treasury, at
the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma-Edo State.
The
unionists, carrying placard with various inscriptions marched through
the university, chanting songs that captured their grievances.
Comrade
Alfred Jimoh, insisted that government must abide by the 2009 FGN/SSANU
Agreements, which according to him, states among other things that the
recurrent and capital expenditure of the staff schools is the
responsibility of government.
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