Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has withdrawn services at Sokoto State University, beginning a five-working-day warning strike over unpaid staff entitlements. The action starts on Monday, November 2, after SSANU’s 14-working-day ultimatum to the Sokoto State Government expired without resolution. The union says it will escalate to an indefinite and total shutdown if the government does not meet its demands during the warning period.

SSANU’s demands include payment of arrears linked to a 25% salary increment, approval and implementation of a 35% Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowance (CONTTA), annual salary increments for eligible members, and release of outstanding check-off dues. The union says it has held repeated engagements with state education officials and that a government committee was later formed to discuss unions at Sokoto State University and Shehu Shagari University of Education.

Some outlets focus tightly on the strike’s start and the threat of indefinite action, while others add more detail about the specific allowances and the government’s earlier position—such as claims that certain arrears will not be paid and that CONTTA implementation would begin only in January 2027.