Kogi State University (KSU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised an alarm over the mass exodus of senior academic staff of the institution due to nonpayment of salaries amongst other issues.
Acting chairman of ASUU in the institution, Dr Daniel Aina, in a release issued in Lokoja said over 40 lecturers have so far left the services of the institution for greener pastures and urged government to urgently address the anomaly before it gets out of hand.
The union listed other issues bedeviling the university to include non-implementation of tax holiday as promised by the government and regularisation of the university law, without which the school would be operating illegally.
In a related development, the students’ unions at the Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba, have appealed to the state government and the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) of the institution to resolve their disputes and resume work in the interest of students.
The president of the Student Union Government (SUG) of the institution, Comrade Shaibu Philip Omepa, said the ‘no pay no work’ action embarked upon by the academic staff of the university over a month ago had taken negative toll on students.
He said many graduates of the university that ought to have been mobilised for the National Youth Service as well as for their programmes at the Nigerian Law School have been deprived of the opportunity due to the ongoing standoff between ASUU and the government over wages.
