ASUU Threatens Fresh Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has said it will mobilise her members on another strike over the refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1000 staff for 13 months.

This was made known by the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, during a press statement made available to reporters in Jos.

He pointed accusing finger at the AGF for solely causing rift between the federal government and the Union, which if not checked, may lead to another round of strike action.

Maigoro, however, called on the federal government to prevail on the AGF to prevent any rift that may lead to the immediate closure of university gates across the country.

He lamented that, “despite the directive given by Mr president to pay the salaries of all lecturers, the AGF has refused to pay their salaries ranging from four to thirteen months respectively. Many of our members in University of Jos and across the country have not been paid salaries from February 2020 to date.”

He said by this act, the AGF has completely violated the terms of the agreement signed between our “union and the FGN.”

According to him, “Mr. Ahmed Idris, from all intent and purposes, is bent on withholding the salaries of over 1,000 members of ASUU spread across the country with more than 100 of such lecturers being members of our Branch in University of Jos.”