The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on indefinite strike over failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it.
The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof. Timothy Namo, said on Friday in Jos.
Namo said the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between Aug. 17 and Aug. 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 again issued another 14-day ultimatum that commenced from Sept. 23.
“So, we want Nigerians to blame the federal government if ASUU decides to down tools and shut down public universities,” he said.
Namo said the lingering issues include, 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, none payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) as captured in the 2023 budget, proliferation of universities, non-implementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities, among others
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