“We’ll embark on indefinite strike soon” — ASUU warns

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned of an impending indefinite strike due to the Federal Government’s failure to honor the 2009 agreement made with the union.

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

Namo stated that after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on August 17 and 18, they issued a 21-day ultimatum.

 ”As we speak, government has not honored any of the agreements or address 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 decide to down tools and shut down public universities,”he said.

 Namo highlighted 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

 Others lingering issues he said 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.