Ayingba groans as KSU remains on strike.

Whenever the Kogi State University (KSU) chapter
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) embarks on a strike, Anyigba, a normally busy Igala
community, transforms into a ghost town; commercial
activities are at stand still because the university
makes the town rife.
The ASUU strike is over the non-implementation
of academic allowances as contained in
the 2009 agreement between its national
leadership and the Federal Government.
ASUU chairman Dr Abdullahi Musa Yusuf,
confirmed that lecturers were on strike over the
allowance, noting that the amount owed them is
over N1 billion.
The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Hassan Isah,
refuted the claim, saying the inability to
implement the agreement was not the
management’s or the government’s fault, but
ASUU’s.
He said the computed earned academic
allowances submitted to the management and
forwarded to the government, was done last
November. The management, Prof Isah said,
forwarded the document to the government in
January after it confirmed its accuracy.
The VC said the institution was one of the first to
implement the 2009 agreement after it was
signed, appealing to the lecturers to go back to
the negotiating table with the government rather
than embarking on a strike.
*the strike iyaf do o,students are already tired of staying at home)

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