The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday commenced an indefinite industrial action, following a resolution of its National Executive Committee, which met at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State late on Sunday.
A total of 51 of the 53 branches of ASUU agreed to embark on the strike, in protest against Federal Government‘s failure to honour the Academic Earned Allowance (AEA) reached as part of the 2009 Agreement government signed with the union.
Chairman of ASUU, University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, while addressing reporters at the university premises, said the strike was painful yet inevitable but had to go on to show the union’s frustrations with FG’s dilly dallying.
Ogbinaka explained that the AEA includes allowances paid as part of excess work load responsibility allowance, and allowance for supervision of Post Graduate Programmes for lecturers, Head of Departments, Deans and exam officers, among others, saying the highest AEA is below N12, 500 monthly.
