By Oyibo Salihu
Lokoja
Kogi State University chapter of Academic Staff Union of Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to extend the one week warning strike if the state government failed to address the union’s outstanding demands.
Chairman of the chapter, Dr. David Aina, who addressed newsmen at the university campus in Anyigba, noted that members might be left with no option other than to embark on a total strike.
Aina pointed out that the union had earlier issued a warning notice that it would embark on an indefinite strike starting from November 7, if the state government did not address issues militating against conducive learning in the institution.
He, further, disclosed that members will be forced to go beyond the seven-day warning strike issued by the national body of the union, if the government failed to address issues that were tabled before it before the national warning strike.
The issues, according to him, include the immediate constitution of the university council, settlement of some of its members’ outstanding salaries and allowances among others.
“We expect the Kogi state government to address all outstanding salaries of all our members within this period of warning strike to forestall further disruption of academic activities in Kogi State University.
“The union will not continue to fold its arms while our members suffer untold hardships in being able to feed, transport and fulfil their statutory obligations.
“We are calling on our royal fathers to please interface so that university activities may continue unhindered. The continual delay in putting the university council in place is worrisome and is hampering proper functioning of the system”, Aina said.
