The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (SSANU) Federal University of Lafia,has joined their counterparts in public universities across the country in a peaceful protest over non-payment of their four months withheld salaries.
Speaking on the protest Tuesday at the University in Lafia, Mr Daniel Dajen, Chairman of the Association said that the action followed a directive from the national leadership of the association.
He stated that the protest became inevitable due to a lack of commitment by the Federal Government to their withheld salaries which were long overdue.
The SSANU Chairman explained that the association had been in a series of meetings with representatives of the federal government on the need to meet up their demands including the payment of their four months withheld salaries but to no avail.
Dajen noted that university workers especially the non-academic and senior staff had exhibited a high sense of patience and understanding to ensure amicable resolution despite the economic hardship they had been subjected to due to non-payment of their salaries.
He called on the FG to commence payment of their withheld four months’ salaries immediately to avert further breakdown of industrial harmony in all campuses of public universities across the country.
The university workers converged on the sports complex of the institution in large numbers holding leaves, displaying placards with different comments, and marching to all the faculties and departments of the school chanting solidarity songs.