The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kano University
of Science and Technology, Wudil (ASUU-KUST), has advised stakeholders to
prevail on the Federal Government (FG) to fulfil its promises towards ending
the ongoing strike.
The call was made on Friday in a statement jointly signed by
Muhammad Gaya and Murtala Muhammad, chairman and secretary of the association,
and issued in Kano, NAN reports.
Gaya urged parents, students, Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs) and other stakeholders to triumph on the FG to honour the agreements
reached with the union, and re-negotiate to address the issues at stake to end
the lingering strike by its members.
“The Federal Government recently introduced Integrated Public Pay Information System (IPPIS), which undermines university autonomy and grossly incompatible with the university system.
“It is important to note that the Federal Government has
subjugated our members in the University of Maiduguri and Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike into untold hardship by withholding their
salaries since Feb. 2020.
“Also our members in
other universities have their salaries stopped since July 2020,” Gaya said.
Gaya explained that the union in its congress on September
24, reaffirmed its support to the ongoing strike to forestall the looming
crisis in the university system in Nigeria.
He also called on the Federal Government to adopt proactive
measures to check massive brain drain in the university system.
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