The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University, Keffi chapter, said on Wednesday that members would only suspend their ongoing strike when they receive bank alerts of the 20 per cent out of the total Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) owed them by the institution.
Dr Theophilus Daniel-Lagi, branch Chairman of ASUU, made this known on Wednesday while addressing newsmen at the end of the union’s meeting in Keffi. Daniel-Lagi said that the union had shifted its ground to receive the 20 per cent out of the 40 per cent, while the remaining 20 per cent would be paid by December following the intervention of the University Governing Council and other stakeholders in the state.
The ASUU chairman restated their commitment to continue to give students and the university community their best so as to improve on the standard of education in the state. On March 7, ASUU of Nasarawa State University embarked on an indefinite strike.
The demands include the general funding of the university, review of the university law to conform with the 2003 Act as obtained in other public universities, promotion guidelines, tax relief and Earned Academic Allowance.