The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour a 2009 agreement.
The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof Timothy Namo, said this during a news conference yesterday in Jos.
Namo said that the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between August 17 and 18, issued a 21-day ultimatum.
”As we speak, the government has not honoured any of the agreements or addressed our concerns. At the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum, we issued another 14-day ultimatum that commenced on September 23.
”So, we want Nigerians to blame the federal government if ASUU decides to down tools and shut down public universities,” he said.
Namo highlighted the lingering issues, 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.
Other lingering issues he said 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, among others.
