The zone, comprising the Federal University of Lafia, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nasarawa State University, keffi, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, and the University of Abuja said it could no longer guarantee industrial harmony in public universities due to the ongoing attitude of the government to the MoAs and MoUs.

Zonal Coordinator of the union, Dr. Salahu Mohammed Lawal, who disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja, urged Nigerians and parents with children in public universities to hold the government responsible for the consequences that might arise from the non-implementation of the MoA.

Recall that our union signed a MoA with the government leading to the suspension of the 2020 strike action in February 2021 but almost nine months on, the ASUU is again calling on the Government to honor its promises to the Nigerian people on the immediate deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).

“The government, as it has always done, again reneged on its promises to the union and the nation, a development that can lead to another industrial action in the universities.

“We, therefore, demand the implementation of all outstanding provisions on February 7, 2021, FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action; the immediate deployment of ASUU’s innovation of a more robust system of human resources management and compensation called the UTAS; and the immediate payment of outstanding earned academic allowances to our members.

“We also demand the full implementation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement as renegotiated in 2021 based on the ILO’s collective bargaining principle; immediate action on the report of the presidential visitation panels to federal universities without delay; and immediate action on the recommendations of the committee on state universities.

“We urge all Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible if the union decides to embark on another industrial action following the non-implementation of the MoA.”