@drmazieze_official: REASON FOR THE STRIKE ACTION BY ASUU, UNIPORT 16/09/26 A strike action was declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Port Harcourt Branch following the University Administration’s failure to address the demands of the Union.  Recall that at its Emergency Congress held on Friday 11th September, 2026, Congress reached a Resolution on the following matters of urgent importance regarding salaries/emoluments of lecturers: 1. Incomplete payment of lecturers’ 3 months’ (June, July & August, 2026) salary 2. Incomplete payment of Responsibility Allowances to lecturers 3. Non-payment of Responsibility Allowance to members under CONMESS & CONHESS (lecturers in the School of Health Sciences) 4. Sidelining ASUU members in the monthly payment of Responsibility Allowances to members of the other unions for over two years now 5. Etc. Regrettably, the University Administration, in spite of meeting with the Union on the same day and promising to respond to the Union’s demands before the deadline given by Congress, refused to act as promised. Recall that the said Resolution arrived at Congress through a democratic means gave the University Administration the period of 48 working hours which summed up to the midnight of Tuesday, 15th September, 2026 to address the issues or face an indefinite local strike action backed by the National body of our Union.  Sequel to the University Administration’s failure to address the issues, the branch in an emergency Congress held today, 16th September, 2026, declared the indefinite Strike Action.    For the avoidance of doubt, members of ASUU are not supposed to give lectures or examinations, invigilate examinations, participate in any official assignment or statutory meetings during the strike action.  The Strike Monitoring Team has been mandated to monitor compliance across the University’s campuses and Centres. United we bargain, divided we beg! Aluta Continua! Comrade Tarila Amakoromo Secretary, ASUU-Uniport

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Wednesday 16 September 2026 20:18:17 GMT