The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Nasarawa State University, Keffi, (NSUK) Branch has called on the Nasarawa State Government to commence payment of over N600,000,000 Earned Academic Allowance owed lecturers of the institution to avert imminent breakdown of industrial harmony.
The lecturers who came out in large numbers converged on the university’s assembly hall and marched to the main gate displaying placards with comments such as “Save the Ivory Towers from Total Collapse,” “We Say No to Enslavement, Education is a right that Must be protected” and “Revitalization is Key to the Survival of the Nigerian Universities”.
The Chairman ASUU NSUK Branch, Professor Samuel Alu made the call during a peaceful protest in Keffi, Nasarawa State on Wednesday.
Addressing journalists, Alu explained that public universities across the country had continued to suffer infrastructure and manpower deficits due to inadequate attention.
He called on the federal and state governments to address their demands including the release of funds for the revitalisation of the public universities, payment of Earned Academic Allowance and indiscriminate proliferation of universities across the country.
Alu further stressed the need for Governor Abdullahi Sule to tow the path of Kwara, Ekiti and Osun State governments and commence payment of the federal government’s N35000 Naira wage award to lecturers of the university to provide relief to staff from the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
The union vowed that if the state government fails within the stipulated time it will embark on an indefinite industrial action.
