Amidst lingering labour crises arising from unpaid salaries and allowances by the Kogi State government to some of its workers including teachers, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Wednesday last week proscribed the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] and its activities at the state-owned Kogi State University, Anyigba.

Bello, who made the proclamation in Lokoja after a decision he said was reached by the State Executive Council, also said it was sequel to the union's failure to call off its seven months old strike action. This was in spite of the claim by the state government that it had met 90 percent of the union's demands. Accordingly, Governor Bello directed all academic staff of the institution to immediately resume normal academic activities or deem themselves to have resigned from the employment of the state government and the university. He said "lecturers have been paid up to date and there was no justification for them to continue with their industrial action."

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