Staff members of Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue state, have declared an indefinite strike over non-payment of welfare arrears.
The decision was reached by the Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Associated and Educational Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities of the institution. This comes on the heels of what the union described as “protracted and unjustifiable delays” in the payment of their welfare packages, leaving thousands of them in financial distress.
The unions announced the decision on Tuesday after an emergency congress, citing the management’s failure to implement the new national minimum wage, the 25/35 per cent salary increase, and payment of arrears.
Other demands include the implementation of promotion increments for staff promoted between 2022 and 2024, settlement of gratuities, regular payment of pensions with arrears, and the reinstatement of monthly remittances to the Contributory Pension Scheme.
