The Academic Staff Union (ASUU) of IBB University Lapai, has embarked on a one week warning strike over non payment of N530 million accrued academic allowances.
Dr Salahu Lawal, the ASSU Chairman of the institution said in an interview in Lapai on Thursday that the strike was also a protest over other unresolved issues.
According to him, the union and Niger Government had agreed on the payment of the N530 million accrued allowances in January.
“We had an understanding with the state government that from January 2018 they will start off setting the accrued allowances consecutively for a period of time.
“We are telling Niger Government by this warning strike that they have reneged on the agreement we reached with them in August 2017 and this a breach.
“This money is overdue and had accrued since 2009, nine years now’’ he…
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