JUST IN: Nigerian Varsity Lecturers Threaten Fresh Strike

Barely six months after it suspended its 10 month-old strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a fresh industrial action if the 13 months’ salaries of over 1,000 of its members across the country were not paid. Platforms Africa reports that Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman, University of Jos chapter of the union, who stated this in a statement on Saturday, in Jos, added that the Nigerian Government had also withheld the check-off dues of the affected members. He accused Ahmed Idris, the Accountant General…

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