The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has warned the federal government to fulfill the agreement reached with the union or face another strike action in the country.
The warning came from members of the union and officials at the university of Jos, Plateau state. The lecturers gave the warning during a peaceful protest and urged the federal government to fulfill its promises to improve the working conditions of their members.
Speaking during the protest, Vice Chairperson of the union, Professor Kiri Jaryum, said “We are calling on the government to immediately pay all Earned Academic Allowances of our members, which was captured in the 2023 budget.
“We demand the immediate release of the Revitalisation Fund which was also captured in the 2023 budget.
“We demand for immediate payment of unpaid salaries of various months of our members, who were excluded or omitted from the payroll of the IPPIS.
“We demand for the immediate payment of the balance of our three and a half months withheld salaries.
“We demand payment of arrears and Responsibility Allowance to our entitled members.
“We call for a return to the renegotiation table to implement the Mimi Briggs report.
“We demand the immediate removal of ASUU from IPPIS as directed by the Federal Executive Council since October 2023”, he maintained.
“We call for the reinstatement of the Governing Councils of public universities that were illegally removed by the Bola Tinubu-led government, in particular, those whose tenure has not elapsed; they are free to constitute those who have exhausted their tenure”.
The protesters holding various placards with inscriptions like “government: avoid another strike, release our withheld salaries, pay our promotion arrears, pay earned academic allowance amongst other inscriptions.
