Gombe ASUU Vows To Withhold Students Results If Govt Fails To Release Withheld Salaries

The Gombe State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in a statement has disclosed that it will not release the results of students if the federal government fails to release the withheld salaries of its members during the strike period.

The union also threatened to discontinue the supervision of undergraduates and postgraduate projects, according to Punch.

The statement, which was signed by the branch chairman, Suleiman Jauro, partly read, “The Congress of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University branch, at its meeting held today, Wednesday 2nd November 2022, received the report of the engagements between the branch’s leadership and the University administration over the release of the withheld salaries.

“After exhaustive deliberations, the Congress therefore, resolved that given the University administration’s refusal to release the August and September salaries, members shall not submit the results of the first Semester examination for the 2021/2022 session; Not continue with the supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate projects allocated prior to the commencement of the strike action.”