BREAKING: ASUU Declares Indefinite Strike in Varsity Chapter of APC governed State, Details Emerge

• ASUU Gombe State University chapter has declared a total and indefinite strike over unmet demands
• Legit.ng reports that the strike follows a congress meeting held on Wednesday, September 12, marking the first internal strike action in the university’s 21-year history
• Strikes are a powerful tool that provides workers leverage to bargain for better working conditions

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Gombe, Gombe state - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University chapter, has declared a total and indefinite strike.

Legit.ng reports that the decision—taken over unmet demands—followed a congress meeting held in the institution on Wednesday, September 11.

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The development marks the first internal strike action in the university’s 21-year history.

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Legit.ng reports that Gombe state is led by Governor Muhammad Inuwa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Addressing journalists, Dr Suleiman Jauro, ASUU branch chairman, said the strike action became necessary due to poor teaching and learning activities.

He explained that over the years, the union had tried other channels to secure an amicable resolution to no avail.

Dr Jauro added that despite Governor Inuwa signing the N30,000 minimum wage into law in 2020, the university has failed to implement it, leaving workers with the outdated salary table of 2012.

Presently, the national minimum wage is N70,000.

Legit.ng reports that children of many Nigerian politicians often attend school abroad, increasing frustrations that the government and universities' management are not invested in finding a solution to the crisis within the sector.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that ASUU, Lagos zone, protested the dismissal of five lecturers of the Lagos State University (LASU).

The union described their colleagues' dismissal as illegal.

The five dismissed lecturers—Isaac Oyewumi, Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu, Dr. Tony Dansu, Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan, and Oluwakemi Aboderin-Shonibare—were all prominent members of the university’s ASUU chapter.

Source: Legit.ng