The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a fresh strike action bluebloodz.com has learned.
ASUU is set to begin a fresh strike over the conscious refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to disburse the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months.
Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, issued the threat in a press statement which was made available to journalists in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.
Maigoro cited that the AGF – Mr Ahmed Idris is planting seeds of discord between the Federal Government and the Academic Union.
Read part of statement below.
“Despite the directive given by Mr president to pay the salaries of all lecturers, the AGF has refused to pay their salaries ranging from four to 13 months respectively.
“Many of our members in the University of Jos and across the country have not been paid salaries from February 2020 to date.
“The AGF has completely violated the terms of the agreement signed between our union and the Federal Government.
“Ahmed Idris, from all intent and purposes, is bent on withholding the salaries of over one-thousand members of ASUU spread across Nigeria with more than a hundred of such lecturers being members of our Branch in the University of Jos.
“More worrisome is the fact that while Idris is refusing to pay these salaries, his staff in the OAGF are busy calling the affected lecturers and insisting they’ve to register with IPPIS before they are paid; some are even asked to forfeit a part of their salaries in order to be paid. So it’s very clear that this is a deliberate act on the part of the AGF and his staff.”
The date of the fresh strike action is yet to be revealed as at the time of this report.
Meanwhile , some notable universities in the country have began their second semester examination.