Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter, staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday to demand the implementation of the agreement reached with the Federal Government.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the protest led by the union’s chairperson, Prof. Jurbe Molwus, the protesters marched to the office of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, to present their demands.
The protest was in line with the 14-day ultimatum issued by ASUU’s National Executive Council to the Federal Government to honor the agreement.
Presenting the demands to the vice chancellor, Molwus, represented by his vice, Prof. Kiri Jaryum, said that the protest was in line with the directive of its National Executive Council.
”This peaceful protest is in line the 14-day ultimatum issued by our NEC, calling on the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with it a long time ago.
”We are particularly calling on the federal goverment to pay the balance of the earned academic allowance, unpaid and withheld salaries arrears of our members, which are all captured in the 2023 budget.
”Government should also check the proliferation of universities in the country and remove universities from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), among others.
”As we speak, university lecturers have been on the same salary structure for 15 years and that’s very bad for the university system,”he said.
Molwus called on the vice chancellor to transmit the demands to the federal government for immediate action.
Responding, the vice chancellor commended members of the union for conducting themselves peacefully during the protest.
