The University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau state has been shut down
indefinitely, Naij.com has gathered.
The
Nation reports that the lecturers of the institution commenced the industrial
action to press home their demands for improved working conditions.
In a
statement signed by Prof F. C. Piwuna, the Chairman of the university’s chapter
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Friday in Jos, the
union’s national body is in the know of their actions.
Front
view of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau state
The
statement read: “the NEC of ASUU has approved our request for total,
indefinte and comprehensive strike starting immediately.
“It means that all activities — teaching, supervision, examination as
well as statutory and ad hoc committee meetings — have been suspended.”
In a
brief chat with Naij.com on Friday afternoon, the national treasurer of the
union, Dr Ademola Aremu informed that the school management deserves the action
meted out by the lecturers, because they had continued to renege on the
promises they made to their academic staff.
He
noted with disappointment also, that “there are so many welfare issues
concerning the academic staff and the management has not listened to all of
them.
“There is the issue of house allowances, among other issues. The
lecturers have met the administration and they (institution) agreed that they
defaulted.
“For about one and a half years, these issues have been ongoing and
there has not been anything the institution has done about it. They have been
promising but have not done anything about it ever since.”
Dr
Aremu therefore informed that the strike action, as he had earlier stated, will
go on for as long as the school management keeps giving excuses to the academic
staff.
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Source: Naij.com
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