University of Jos has appealed to its ASUU Chapter to resume lectures after the lecturers threatened to suspend classes about pay.
This appeal was made by its vice-chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, in a news conference on Monday in Jos
The lecturers claim they were only paid 15 days’ salary by the federal government after ASUU had agreed with House Of Representatives that 50 percent of its members eight months withheld salaries would be paid.
Prof Ishaya told newsmen that the lecturers needed to return to lecture theatres to prevent university education from total collapse and urged the union to consider the needs of students and parents.
“ASUU should please be considerate and compassionate with students and parents and return to the classroom. I appeal that it allows academic activities to go on while further negotiations with the government on payment of withheld salaries continue. We have asked these students to resume; it will be traumatic to ask them to return home again, having spent eight months at home already”.
He added that ASUU’s demands were legitimate for better education, and appealed to the federal government to address its demands and stop treating university lecturers like other civil servants.
Credit: The Nation
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