ASUU threatens indefinite strike at Michael Okpara varsity
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The Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, said it would soon embark on indefinite strike that is expected to subsist until all issues with the union are implemented.
The Chapter Chairman, Prof. Chike Ugwuene, while addressing a press conference after a meeting, lamented various unresolved grievances ASUU has had with the Federal Government, which he stated, arose from the almost their 13 years (2009) agreement.
He said that the agreement ought to have been reviewed every three years with the first in 2012, which the government also stalled.
According to him, the implication is that ASUU has been earning the same salary for the past 13 years since 2009, describing the salary as (a slave wage).
He said: “It is worrisome that the Federal Government even defaulted in the release of N30 billion Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 2021 by releasing only N20 billion.”
Source: GUARDIAN
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