The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government over issues pertaining to non-academic staff of universities.

The two unions, in a letter dated Monday, decried the “unjust” disbursement of earned allowances to university staff, non-payment of outstanding allowances, among other issues.

In the letter, which was signed by the president of SSANU, Muhammed Ibrahim, he reminded the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, of a letter dated June 18, 2025, in which the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU had drawn his attention to the need for an urgent intervention in outstanding labour matters affecting their members.

The union noted that their letter led to the convening of a meeting by the Minister with JAC of NASU and SSANU on 4th July, 2025, with a view to addressing the issues raised in the letter.

The letter partly read, “For the avoidance of doubt, the issues raised in the letter centred on: Unjust Disbursement of N50Billion Earned Allowances; Non-Payment of Outstanding Withheld Salaries and 25/35% Salary Increments; and Renegotiation of Year 2009 FGN and NASU/SSANU Agreements.”

Speaking further, the unions recalled that the meeting with the minister led to a resolution whereby  a Tripartite Committee comprising representatives from the Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission and JAC of NASU and SSANU would be constituted to resolve the impasse which had arisen due to the, “skewed distribution of the N50Billion Earned Allowances in which our members in the Universities were shortchanged, while those in the Inter-University Centres were completely shut out of the distribution.”