The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with it.
Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, ASUU, Prof. Timothy Namo stated this during a news conference on Friday in Jos.
According to him, ”As we speak, the government has not honour 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.
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Namo highlighted the lingering issues, nonconclusion 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.
Other lingering issues, according to Namo, were poor funding for the revitalisation of public universities, non-payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) as captured in the 2023 budget, proliferation of universities, and non-implementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities.