Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National President
of the union, issued the ultimatum at a news conference at the end of its 102
Executive Council meeting in Yola.
Ezeibe listed some of the issues as
non-release of the scheme of service, delay in the appointment of rectors and
non-release of arrears of the new minimum wage.
He said that several states had refused to
implement the new minimum wage Act in their respective institutions since 2019
and non-appointment of the board of directors.
“We are deploying this medium to equally
appeal to members of the public to prevail on the government to do the needful
and avoid a shutdown of the sector.
“In choosing to extend the long-expired
three months suspension period of our industrial action, we are convinced that
the extra window of one month typifies our level of restraint.
“And consideration for our students and
other members of the public even as we hope that the government will take
advantage of this opportunity to avoid a shutdown of the sector,” he said.
According to him, the government should put
more effort into the sector to be productive in technical manpower development.
He added that the country should not be
looking for technical manpower outside the country, hence the need for
government to do the needful.
There will be a total shutdown of the
country’s tertiary schools if ASUP joins ASUU, with another strike.