Says FG Failed to Honour Agreement
By Halimah Olamide
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told Nigerians to blame the Federal Government should in case they down their tools.
The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof. Timothy Namo, said this during a conference on Friday in Jos.
They accused the Federal Government of failure to honour the 2009 agreement.
Namo said that the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, issued a 21-day ultimatum.
”As we speak, government has not honored 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 decide to down tools and shut down public universities,”he said.
Namo highlighted the lingering issues including, 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 noted. 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.