The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU has issued a fresh 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to complete the payment of outstanding arrears contained in the 2026 agreement reached with the union or face indefinite strike action.
SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja while presenting resolutions reached at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held at the Federal University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, over the weekend.
Ibrahim said that although the 2026 agreement clearly outlined modalities for resolving lingering issues affecting members, the implementation of the arrears payments remained uneven across universities.
He accused the Federal Government of making the payments in a haphazard manner and warned that the union would no longer tolerate further delays.
The ultimatum comes days after SSANU issued an earlier warning over what it described as delays in the implementation of the 2026 FGN/SSANU Agreement.
The union had stressed that it “will not accept unnecessary delays, selective implementation, marginalisation or any attempt to diminish the financial and non-financial provisions of the agreement.”
Ibrahim acknowledged that implementation of the agreement had commenced in some universities but remained incomplete in others due to funding and administrative challenges.
He, however, insisted that the agreement must translate into tangible benefits for members.
“Agreements and NEC resolutions must translate into concrete action and measurable benefits for our members,” Ibrahim said.
The SSANU president directed the union’s branches and zones nationwide to closely monitor the implementation of the agreement, maintain accurate membership records, document cases of non-compliance or victimisation, and submit timely reports to the National Secretariat.
He warned that failure by the Federal Government to address the outstanding issues within the 14-day ultimatum could lead to an indefinite strike by the union.
