The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has raised concerns over the lack of electricity in many public universities across the country for the past three months.
SSANU President, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing journalists at the association’s national leadership retreat.
He said the situation has severely affected research and other academic activities, stressing that no public university currently has sufficient resources to settle electricity bills.
Ibrahim also criticized the delay in implementing the new national minimum wage of N70,000 for university workers, warning that the union would take decisive action if the issue was not resolved by the end of the first quarter of 2025.
He further reacted to allegations that members of the National Assembly demanded N8 million from vice chancellors of federal universities for budget approval. He stated that if proven true, SSANU and other labor unions would resist such moves.
“The National Assembly is not too big for us to fight. We will fight them because they belong to our constituencies,” he said.
The union urged the government to address the electricity crisis and salary issues to prevent disruptions in the university system.
