The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter today declared one-week warning strike over Illegal Pension Deductions, Fractional salary payments and non-payment of supervision allowance.
The management of the University of Ibadan under the Vice Chancellorship of Professor Idowu Olayinka is also accused of failure to declare the Internally Generated Revenue profile of the University.
The decision was taken today at the Congress of ASUU held at the Faculty of Arts presided over by its Chairman, Dr Deji Omole where members complained over excessive deductions in March salaries.
ASUU, UI chapter in a congress resolution issued about a month ago had warned the university of Ibadan management to address it’s grievances which bother on but not limited to immediate reversal of illicit deduction, refusal of management to conduct credible audit, and non-payment of promotion arrears.
The Congress which was well attended were addressed also by the National Delegation of ASUU including Professors Mahmood Lawan(Kano), Tony Monye-Emina (Benin), Bebe Sese (Porthacourt), Ade Adejumo (Ibadan) sent to interact with members and the University management.
The one-week strike is therefore to compel the university administration to address the issues which ASUU said bothered on the welfare of her members who are being owed since 2010.
A release by the ASUU Chairman Dr Deji Omole and Secretary stated that “The Congress of ASUU, UNIBADAN at its meeting of 4th April, 2017 having received permision from the National body of the Union declared one-week warning strike beginning from 12:01 midnight today to 12:00 midnight on Tuesday 11th April, 2017”
The congress of the union maintained that the failure of the university administration to satisfactorily resolve all the issues, the union will be forced to proceed on total, comprehensive and total strike until the resolution of the issues.
Recalls that the non-academic staff unions had gone on strike over two weeks forcing the school administrative activities to go into comatose.
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