ASUU Threatens Indefinite Strike, Accuses FG For Failing To Honour Agreement

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it.

The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof. Timothy Namo, said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos.

Namo said that the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between Aug. 17 and August 18, issued a 21-day ultimatum.

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“As we speak, the government has not honoured any of the agreements or addressed our concerns.

“At the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum, we again issued another 14-day ultimatum that commenced from Sept. 23.

”So, we want Nigerians to blame the federal government if ASUU decides to down tools and shut down public universities,” he said.

According to him, the lingering issues to include, non conclusion of the re-negotiation of the 2009 agreement, non release of the three-and-half month salaries of academic staff, unpaid salaries of all academic staff on adjunct appointment and outstanding third-party deductions

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The ASUU Zonal Coordinator said other lingering issues were, poor funding for the revitalisation of public universities, none payment of Earned Academic Allowances, EAA, as captured in the 2023 budget, proliferation of universities, non implementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities, among others.

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