The University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to fulfill its promises, including: Removal from IPPIS, Renegotiation of 2009 agreements, payment of unpaid salaries, and arrears, amongst others.
The ASUU Chairman, Comrade Jurbe Molwus, stated this during a Town Hall Meeting held at the ASUU Secretariat in Unijos Jos Naraguta Campus.
He challenges the government to implement the renegotiations of 2009 agreements reached with the national ASUU to prevent the resumption of the suspended industrial action.
ASUU insists that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is a scam and wants its members removed from the platform and demands the implementation of the renegotiations of the 2009 agreements reached with the national ASUU to prevent the resumption of the suspended industrial action.
Molwus also mention other ASUU demands to include immediate payment of arrears of earned academic allowance, which was captured in the 2023 budget, as well as the immediate release of the revitalization fund.
“We demands the commencement of the payment of unpaid salaries of various months to its members who were excluded or omitted from the payroll by IPPIS, payment of promotion arrears and responsibility allowance to its entitled members and reinstatement of the governing councils that were illegally dissolved by the Tinubu-led government.
During the Town hall meeting ASUU added that the federal government should check the proliferation of Universities
On his part, Professor Ogoh Alubo from the Department of Sociology, Ogoh Alubo in his remarks said the sufferings of lecturers has led many to flee the country in search of a greener pasture.
Prof. Ogoh said lecturers like himself who remained in Nigeria are now working like missionaries who do not have benefits.
He urged the federal government to prioritize lecturers’ welfare and also ensure that they pay close attention to improving infrastructures in federal universities.
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