The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for a comprehensive review of Nigeria’s education system and decried the non-payment of the balance of lecturers’ withheld salaries from the 2022 nationwide strike.
The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made the call on Friday during a press conference in Jos, Plateau State.
He was flanked by other officials of the union including Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Timothy Namo; branch chairmen of ASUU from the University of Jos and Plateau State University,Profs Jurbe Molwus and Dr Vincent Choji respectively as well as the Legal Committee chairman of the union and other union members on ground .
Addressing journalists, Piwuna read the union’s press text titled: “Nigerian Universities and Nigeria Today :Our Worries ,Our Propositions”
Speaking on the 2022 withheld salaries, Piwuna said: “In words and deeds, the Federal Government appears to have turned its back on paying the outstanding balance of lecturers’ three-and-half months arising from the 2022 nationwide strike action of ASUU.”
