Ibadan Varsity unions stage protest, demand N30bn allowance

Following their earlier threat, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, University of Ibadan Chapter, UI today staged a peaceful protest to demand N30 billion earn allowance and Federal Government’s refusal to obey court judgment on staff school salaries.

The unions had on Friday, 12^th July threatened to stage a three days protest beginning from today, Monday over their demand. 

Recall that the unions recently said the agreement now in contention had made them suspend their industrial action in March last year.

The protest which started at the main gate of the university was said to have affected the movements of vehicles in and out of the school as work activities were paralysed.

Some placards of the protesters were carrying inscriptions like: “We demand N30 billion to pay part of our earned allowance now”; “FG stop provoking inter union crises in Nigerian universities”; FG, please obey court judgment on staff school,” among others.

The Chairman, SSANU of UI, Wale Akinremi said any nation that treats teachers the way “we treat ours in Nigeria will never be destined for greatness.”

Recall that Last week, the national bodies of both unions had frowned at the alleged preferential treatment extended to ASUU by the Federal Government as seen in the allocation of 80 percent of monies released, leaving the non-academic staff with 20 percent.

The Joint Action Committee, JAC held in Abuja on Friday had called on the Federal Government to release N30 billion to the non-teaching staff as earned allowance for the period of 2009 to 2016.