Lecturers at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) complied with the two-week warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday.
ASSU’s national secretariat had set the Federal Government a two-week deadline to meet its requests, which included increased money, better working conditions, and the payment of earned allowances, among other things.
At the Bauchi Road campus on Monday afternoon, majority of the lecturers at the University of Jos remained off campus, leaving many students who had come for lectures stuck in their classrooms.
In an interview with The PUNCH in Jos, Prof. Jurbe Molwus, chairman of the ASUU branch at UNIJOS, verified that the academics were entirely compliant with the warning strike.
“We are complying one hundred percent with the warning strike at UNIJOS,” Prof. Molwus said.
“The Federal Government has been threatening us with ‘no work, no pay,’ but we are not going to back down; we are not afraid. We will continue to comply until our demands are met by the government.”
Prof. Molwus expressed the union’s determination to pursue its goals despite the prospect of fines.
He stated that academics are unified in their determination to seek better working conditions and increased funding for the country’s universities.
The warning strike has halted academic operations at UNIJOS, with lecturers remaining away from campus.
The situation was similar at Plateau State University in Bokkos, according to Dr. Monday Hassan, the ASUU branch chairman.
“It is expected to continue for the next two weeks unless the Federal Government meets the union’s demands.”
