The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has accused the Federal Government of violating an earlier agreement to fund university staff schools.

The agitation from the SSANU resulted from a circular which was distributed by the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) to all universities, stating that the Federal Government will stop funding university staff schools.

One of the reasons for the agitation according to the circular, is that the schools are private business of the universities, making profit for the institutions and therefore should be funded by the universities.

The efforts were  also in line with government’s desire to reduce cost of governance.

However, SSANU argues that the circular was against the agreement that the government had signed with the union in 2009.

They also accused the NUC and the Salaries and Wages Commission of misleading the government on the true nature of the staff schools in the universities.

SSANU believes that the NUC and the Salaries and Wages Commission are responsible for the move to withdraw funding.