Plateau varsity ASUU threatens strike

The Plateau University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over what it described as failure of the state government to honour the 2025 agreement reached between the Federal Government and the union.

Dr Vincent Choji, chairperson of the union in the institution, gave the threat during a press conference on Thursday in Jos.

The chairperson explained that members, during its congress held on May 13, unanimously resolved to embark on an industrial action.

“We submitted the 2025 agreement reached between the federal government and ASUU to the university management in February.

“On May 18, we received a response stating that government was studying its content to take necessary steps towards its implementation, assessing the financial and administrative implications.

“We are concerned that six months after, these bureaucratic protocols are still being observed for a university that is lawfully autonomous.

“This news conference is one of the measures directed by the National Executive Council of ASUU, to remind the state government how the delay in the implementation of the agreement and others issues may lead to industrial disharmony,” he said.

Choji also called on the state government to address issues of pension and gratuity of its members and the victimisation of members by the university management, among others.

Also speaking, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the former Zonal Coordinator, Bauchi Zone of the union, called on the Plateau government to implement the agreement in order to avert industrial action.

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