Taraba: FU ASUU rejects FG’s loan scheme, stages protest

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Wukari (FU) Taraba State on Wednesday staged protest over the continued federal government neglect and failure to meet their welfare agreements.

 

Professor Mercy Asabe, the ASUU Chairperson alleged during the protest in Wukari that the federal government has consistently failed to implement the long-standing agreements with the union, leading to neglect of her welfare and patience.

 

She insisted that the newly introduced tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund loan scheme was unacceptable, stating that the lecturers deserve an improve salaries and welfare, not loans.

 

“We wish to state here that the newly introduced Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund loan scheme is unacceptable, and stand rejected.

 

“We want the federal government to implement the already signed agreement to improve the lecturers salaries and welfare, not loans.

 

“We demand the immediate payment of the Union’s Earned Academic Allowances (EAA). The N50 billion that was recently released is not up to 10 percent of the amount owed. We want our revitalization funds to be restored, improve the lecturers’ salaries, and their welfare,” The ASUU Chairperson decried.

 

Also speaking on the development, Prof. Kidzu Oweh, a former ASUU chairman of the university condemned the poor remuneration of lecturers, describing the situation as a total neglection of university lecturers.