As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2023 International Workers‘ Day, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has raised the alarm over the exclusion of its members from the 40% pay rise for civil servants in the country.
The union also decried the failure of the government to release the salaries of its members which were withheld during the four-month strike period it engaged in during the year 2022.
In a goodwill message to commemorate the celebrations, the national president of SSANU who doubles as the national internal auditor for the Nigeria Labour Congress, Muhammed Ibrahim, noted that workers are determined to contribute positively to the “building of a great country”.
Speaking in the statement issued in Abuja on Monday, Ibrahim said, “Our members have continued to report for duty in the most security-challenging parts of Nigeria.
“We should also place it on record that the N50 billion Earned Allowances which the government promised last year is yet to be paid. We are using this opportunity to tell the government to release is as quickly as possible as further delay will not be helpful to the system.”
