The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Plateau State University, Bokkos Branch, has expressed dismay over the total disregard of the 2024 agreement with the Plateau State Government on the new salary scheme.
Also, among other issues of the agreement are critical concerns regarding campus security, high transportation costs, and the lack of staff accommodation which remained unaddressed.
According to the university ASUU branch, these pressing challenges, along with other outstanding issues from the agreement signed between the State Government and the Union in 2024, have been entirely abandoned.
As such, in a statement by the Branch’s Chairperson, Dr. Vincent Choji and Secretary, Dr. Lomka Iliya Kopdiya, made available on Tuesday night, failure to address these issues will lead to an industrial action.
“We urgently call on the State Government to implement the new salary scheme and pay all the arrears from 1st January 2026, release funds to cater for pension and gratuity, and address all other pending issues in the signed agreement—to avert a looming, total, comprehensive, and indefinite strike action,” the statement stressed.
It called on the Plateau State Government to shun bureaucratic red tape and immediately implement the new salary scheme for lecturers noting that as a branch, it submitted the Federal Government/ASUU agreement —which reflects the new salary template—to the University Management in February 2026.
“Sadly, we remain on the old salary scheme despite the harsh economic realities lecturers face daily,” the statement added.
It pointed out that while the State Government and University Management have taken credit for the institution’s expansion through increased student enrollment and the introduction of new faculties and departments, the resulting workload on lecturers has been ignored.
It expressed regret that ASUU members are working harder than ever to teach and mould the character of these students, yet their well-being is not being addressed noting that tragically, in recent months, the Union has lost over four committed lecturers to stress and heart-related complications.
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