The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Jos Chapter has Ordered it, Lecturers, to Return Home and may start a fresh strike action a few weeks after it ended the notorious eight-month-long strike by the order of the court. Stating that they will not teach until their withheld salaries are paid.
This is due to developments that have followed the union’s efforts to resume academic activities in Nigeria’s public universities.
This resolution was disclosed by Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, the Chairman of UniJos ASUU chapter, in a statement on Friday 5th November.
It was earlier reported that the returning lecturers have been offered half salaries by the federal government even though they’ve not been paid since February. The federal government had in the midst of the strike, initiated a no-work no-pay policy, but ASUU is believed to have had that resolved through the intervention of the House of Representatives.
The federal government’s decision to pay half salaries seems to have betrayed everything the parties have agreed on besides the court order to call off the strike. It has also rolled off a stone that will likely pave way for another strike.
A statement signed by Professor Lazarus Maigoro of the Jos chapter of ASUU said its members have been directed to stay at home (though not on strike) until 50 percent of their salary backlog is cleared.
