ASUU begins warning strike September 26

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to commence a one-week nationwide strike as from September 26, 2011 to protest the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement between it and the Federal Government.

The ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Bauchi zone, Dr Usman Abubakar, who disclosed this at a press conference in Jos said the union would declare total strike if the Federal Government did not honour the agreements.

He said it was a surprise to the union that up till now the Federal Government had not found it fit to honour the agreement signed with the union more than three years ago.

Dr Abubakar, said one aspect in the agreement, yet to be implemented, was the issue of university funding.

He pointed out that the agreement was that the Federal Government should increase the funding of universities gradually until it reached the 26 per cent agreed.

According to him, other aspects of the agreement yet to be implemented were payment of earned allowances, among which were allowances related to postgraduate training, project supervision, excess workload, teaching practice/field trip allowance, hazard, responsibility and assessment for professional appointments, amongst others.

He condemned the non-implementation of the 70-year retirement age for university teachers.

ASUU expressed sadness that the state of insecurity in Bauchi, Jos and Maiduguri had reached such a level that no Nigerian felt secure in any part of the country.
Other issues, which the union said it disagreed with the Federal Government apart from insecurity, were unemployment, poverty and rising cost of living.

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