Federal University Lokoja Lecturers Commence ‘Sit-Down Protest’

The academic atmosphere of Federal

University, Lokoja had been thrown into a

frenzy mood following the commencement

of a Sit – down protest by the school

chapter of Academic Staff Union of

University, ASUU.

The lecturers in their hundreds today

gathered in front of the vice chancellor

office chanting union slogan and carried

different placards. Some of the placards

reads, “Our mumu don do”; ” Lead or leave”;

“Sunset in Tetfund”; “Bad regime the road to

precipice, misery and depression”.

Addressing newsmen at the protest, the

school chairman of ASUU, Dr. Anslem Oyem

said they can lo longer keep quit over the

insolent of the management team to their

grievances.

Oyem said the peaceful Sit – Down protest

is to register their displeasure over the

lackadaisical attitudes of the management

team to their welfares.

“Our rights and privileges are been tampered

on. Since 2016 no promotion to

professorship despite there are many

qualified for it. Also, lecturers with master

degree are yet to be upgraded to their

deserving position. Same goes for other

ranks.

“TETFUND monies are being withheld by the

management thereby causing difficulties for

lecturers who are to benefit from its

scholarship to access it.

“Since NASU commenced strike, we clean

ad sweep our offices by ourself just because

will don’t want the school calendar to be

truncated.

“Our departmental running cost are not

release. For a while now the management

had sit on our impress”.

Oyem also said the school management had

turn deaf ear to their demands and refuse to

reply the numerous letters written to them

about their demands.

He said the Sit – Down protest will continue

from 8am to 4pm unabated until the

management address their grievances. The

students are seeing littering around the

school premises while some handful had

constituted themselves into tutorial class led

by the student.

Credit: Vanguard