Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi chapter on Wednesday defied a morning downpour to protest the non-implementation of the renegotiated draft 2009 agreement by the Federal Government.
Addressing journalists after the protest, the ASUU chairman of UNIAGRIC, Paul Anyagh, listed perennial issues including Earned Academic Allowance, University Transparency Accountability Solutions, Funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, Proliferation of Universities, Payment of the withheld salaries and reinstatement of governing council members whose tenure has not elapsed.
Anyagh regretted that as of today, FG has refused to address the issue of EAA after it promised that it was going to be mainstreamed from the 2022 budget year.
Anyagh also stated that funding of public universities remains a mirage, saying that no disbursement has been made to any university.
He added, “University lecturers in Nigeria are still the worst paid in Africa.
“This is also occasioned by the government’s refusal to sign the negotiated agreement which the Nimi Briggs committee reached with ASUU.”
The ASUU boss also berated the FG for creating enabling laws to prevent the proliferation of public universities without corresponding funding.
The union called on FG to stop what it described as elusive promises but to be bold enough to honour its agreement.
