The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has threatened to embark on another strike action for the failure of Federal Government to honour the 2019 Memorandum of Action.
ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi stated this at a briefing in Abuja while giving an update on the ongoing renegotiation with the government and to clear the air over the twenty five billion naira confirmed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to have been approved for universities.
Ogunyemi said the money was meant to be a part-payment of the Earned Academic Allowances and should have been released between February 15 and 28, 2019, as agreed, but has been not done.
He explained that since information on the amount mentioned in the media went round, ASUU has been besieged with inquiries on the union’s perspective to the story.
