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By: Manoah Kikekon
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria University SSANU of Nigeria, French Language Village chapter staged a peaceful protest in demand of withheld allowances and four-month salary.
The protest was held on Tuesday on the premises of the institution in Badagry, Lagos State.
Banners with the list of their demands, which are payment of a four-month withheld salary, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/SSANU agreement, Recognition of governing councils, release of earned allowances, improved founding for our Inter-Universities, payment of 25%,35% arrears of Salary increment.
Mr. Oladapo Hammed, chairman of the union told press men that, This is the beginning of series of protest that will still come if the government did not listen to tye demand of the people. "We have been agitating for this for a long time for withheld Salary, arrears of promotion from 2019 till date, minimum wage, palliatives, arrears of 2023, 35% Salary, all are still outstanding.
"Our demand to the government is very simple let them attend to this and we promised to go back to our work. Another protest is coming up at Abuja on the 18th of July 2024 If the government did not do the needful thereafter, we will convey a NEC meeting where a division to go on strike will be taken." Hammed said.
He said the government still has the opportunity to attend to their needs, and prevent strike action. "However, if our money is not paid, we would not hesitate to give it in full dose to the government. We have seen that over time it's not going to be easy to get our rights from the government all efforts to talk to them as a gentle man has failed."
He added that "this is the last lap, and we hope something better will come out of this, all we are agitating for is a signed agreement, and so we don't have any cause to start agitating for what belongs to us."