The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has announced the end of its seven-day warning strike, to give more room for government to do the needful.

President of the association, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, who made the declaration at a virtual stakeholders’ forum, blamed the present state of things on the government’s attitude toward the education sector, insisting that members of unions were pained using strike as a last resort to drive home their demands, considering the impact it normally had on the students.

Mohammed said that the best way to prevent incessant strikes in the entire education sector was to fund it adequately, but decried the issue of non-autonomy in the university system, which he claims creates issues for the smooth operation of the system.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of affected university labour unions had on March 18, directed members to down tools, following their four months withheld salaries and non-implementation of agreement entered into with the Federal Government in 2009.