ASUU THREATENS INDEFINITE STRIKE OVER UNPAID 2025 AGREEMENT AT PLATEAU VARISTY
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BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which is the branch at Plateau State University (PLASU), has said they will go on a complete, full, and ongoing strike because the Plateau State Government hasn’t carried out the 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU
The union issued the warning on Thursday at a press conference held in Jos, saying the continued delay in implementing the agreement, particularly the payment of salary adjustments and academic staff allowances, had pushed lecturers to the limit.
On behalf of the ASUU Bauchi Zone, Professor Lawan Abubakar said that during a recent meeting, the union‘s National Executive Council reviewed how the 2025 Agreement was being carried out in federal and state universities.They noticed that Plateau State was one of the few states that had not yet followed the agreement.
He listed the parts of the agreement that were still not fully followed, including the Consolidated Academic and Research Allowance (CARA), Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA), Professorial Allowance, and Earned Academic Allowance (EAA).
Abubakar shared that the union had sent the approved salary plan to the university in February 2026, but they only got a reply in May.
The reply said that the state government was still looking into the financial and administrative effects of implementing the agreement.
He said this response was not acceptable. He pointed out that the agreement had already been agreed upon and was meant to be followed by all public universities in Nigeria.
According to ASUU, lecturers are now handling more courses, supervising more undergraduate and postgraduate students, conducting research and undertaking community service under difficult working conditions.
The union further accused the Plateau State Government of failing to fully implement aspects of the 2024 agreement that led to the suspension of the November 2023 strike.
It identified the outstanding commitments to include the provision of staff quarters, completion of the university’s perimeter fencing and the establishment of a stable electricity supply within and around the campus.
ASUU also expressed dissatisfaction over delays in addressing pension and gratuity matters, noting that although a Gratuity Board was constituted in February 2026 after sustained agitation, it had yet to hold its inaugural meeting.
The union equally condemned the issuance of a query to its Branch Secretary by the university management, describing the action as an act of victimisation targeted at a union official for carrying out legitimate trade union responsibilities.
It demanded the immediate withdrawal of the query, warning that such actions could undermine the existing industrial harmony in the institution.
Abubakar disclosed that the branch congress had unanimously resolved on May 13, 2026, to apply for strike action, adding that the request was currently being processed by the union’s zonal and national leadership.
He appealed to the Plateau State Government to urgently release funds for the implementation of the 2025 Agreement, including the payment of arrears with effect from January 1, 2026, and address all outstanding welfare and infrastructure commitments.
The union also called on parents, students and other stakeholders to prevail on the state government to resolve the issues without further delay to avert what it described as a looming total, comprehensive and indefinite strike at Plateau State University.
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