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From Obinna Odogwu, Awka
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, has called on the governors of Anambra and Imo states, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and Senator Hope Uzodimma respectively, to intervene on the issues plaguing their state owned universities to avoid a possible shut down of the institutions.
Coordinator of the union in the zone, Prof. Dennis Aribodor, at a press conference at the union’s secretariat in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, brought forward the issues at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Imo State University while speaking on the implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement.
“These universities have key issues demanding the urgent attention of their visitors (the state governors), the Governing Councils and the University Administrations.
“The issues in COOU include: the withheld salaries of academic staff that participated in the 2020 and 2022 strike actions; the non-implementation of 25 per cent and 35 per cent wage awards and the current N70, 000 minimum wage; and the non-implementation of all the components of the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement.
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“At IMSU, the union said that it’s worried about the continued retention of the university in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the government, arguing that it undermines institutional autonomy and hampers effective administration.
“The prolonged delay in staff promotion, the non-payment of promotion arrears dating back to 2016, the absence of staff recruitment since 2015 among others are also issues of concern to us”, it added.
ASUU called on all critical stakeholders including traditional rulers, religious leaders, students, parents, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), media and the civil society groups to urge governments to ensure the faithful implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement and address the stated outstanding issues to avoid disruptions in the country’s universities.
