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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) chapter, has announced an indefinite strike over “unpaid earned academic allowances.”
The chairperson of the association, Adeola Egbedokun, disclosed this in a statement after an emergency meeting of the union, on Monday.
According to the statement, the strike became imperative after efforts to resolve the issue with the institution’s management proved abortive.
The union said it observed that there was no “serious commitment” on the part of the university’s management to pay the earned allowances to its deserving members.
It also said the strike, which it described as “comprehensive and total,” would not be called off without a concrete resolution of the institution’s ASUU congress.
“Congress noted that there was no serious commitment on the part of the University to effect payment of EAA to deserving members.
“Congress also noted that all political and diplomatic means to resolve the imbroglio has failed. Consequently, congress resolved that: a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike should commence immediately. The strike must not be called off without a congress resolution to the effect.
“Payment of EAA must be based on ASUU computation. Anything short of this would be unacceptable,” the statement read in part.
ASUU added that it has set up a committee to monitor the strike to ensure it was adhered to.