The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan Chapter, has declared a one-week warning strike over issues bothering on illegal pension deductions, fractional salary payments and non-payment of supervision allowance.
The management of the University, led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, is also accused of failing to declare the Internally Generated Revenue profile of the institution.
The decision was taken on Tuesday, April 4, at an ASUU Congress held at the Faculty of Arts, presided over by its Chairman, Dr Deji Omole, where members complained over the excessive deductions in March salaries.
Recall that the Union had, in a congress resolution issued about a month ago, told the management of the University to address its grievances, which bother on, but are not limited to, the immediate reversal of illicit deduction, refusal of management to conduct credible audit, and non-payment of promotion arrears.
The Congress, which was well attended, was also addressed by the National Delegation of ASUU, including Professors Mahmood Lawan (Kano), Tony Monye-Emina (Benin), Bebe Sese (Port Harcourt) and Ade Adejumo (Ibadan), sent to interact with members and the University management.
The congress, however, resolved that the one-week strike was to compel the university administration to address the issues of welfare of her members who are being owed since 2010.
A statement by the ASUU Chairman and Secretary respectively, stated that “The Congress of ASUU, UNIBADAN at its meeting of 4th April, 2017, having received permission 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 noted that if the university administration failed to satisfactorily resolve all the issues, it would be forced to proceed on total and comprehensive strike until the resolution of the issues.
The non-academic staff unions had also gone on strike a little over two weeks, stalling all administrative activities in the institution within the period.
