The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter on Friday ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government.
The ASUU branch made this known in a statement made available to the press and signed by the branch chairperson, Professor Lazarus Maigoro.
Reports have it that on thursday the government had paid half salaries to the striking university lecturers.
According to the statement, the ASUU branch said that one of the issues agreed at the meeting was that 50% of the backlog of eight months arrears of their withheld salaries will be paid to members immediately but as at the time of writing this press release, only 17 days prorated October salary was paid by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
The ASUU branch added that they are also aware that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, wrote a memo to the Accountant General asking him to pay their members only from the day we suspended the strike.
They noted that by this singular act, the Minister of Labour and Employment has casualised the work of the University Lecturers unfortunately and further creates doubts on their minds as to whether the understanding reached with the leadership of the House of Representatives on some of the issues will be implemented.
