{"id":45304,"date":"2021-06-19T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45304"},"modified":"2021-06-19T18:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T17:20:57","slug":"asuu-to-embark-on-fresh-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/asuu-to-embark-on-fresh-strike","title":{"rendered":"ASUU to embark on fresh strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, gave the threat in a press statement made available to journalists in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>Maigoro also accused the AGF of fanning the embers of discord between the Federal Government and the Union.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, \u201cDespite the directive given by Mr president to pay the salaries of all lecturers, the AGF has refused to pay their salaries ranging from four to 13 months respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our members in the University of Jos and across the country have not been paid salaries from February 2020 to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AGF has completely violated the terms of the agreement signed between our union and the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>Taraba workers suspend minimum wage strike<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhmed Idris, from all intent and purposes, is bent on withholding the salaries of over one-thousand members of ASUU spread across Nigeria with more than a hundred of such lecturers being members of our Branch in the University of Jos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore worrisome is the fact that while Idris is refusing to pay these salaries, his staff in the OAGF are busy calling the affected lecturers and insisting they\u2019ve to register with IPPIS before they are paid; some are even asked to forfeit a part of their salaries in order to be paid. So it\u2019s very clear that this is a deliberate act on the part of the AGF and his staff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. 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