Benue Varsity  Lecturers Begins Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid Arrears

From Attah Ede, Makurdi

Medical lecturers at the College of Health Sciences, Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi (MOAUM), and Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) Makurdi, has embarked upon  indefinite and comprehensive strike over unpaid salary and promotion arrears.

The lecturers, under the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), had earlier engaged in the comprehensive strike on August 10, 2026, after the expiration of ultimatums issued to the university and relevant authorities.

The association in a statement by its chairman, Paul Beega, Chairman, ASMeDA, College of Health Sciences, MOAUM,  said they demanding  the full implementation of the revised Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS).

Beega noted that the strike would affect teaching, assessments and examinations for medical and allied health students, as well as the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

According to him, the association would also refrain from attending official and statutory meetings and participating in other academic activities connected with medical training until their grievances are addressed.

Others are payment of 25 months’ accrued CONMESS arrears, outstanding promotion arrears, remittance of pension deductions to the appropriate Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), and stoppage of CONMESS-specific allowances being paid to non-medically qualified lecturers on the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS).

The lecturers urged the management of the College of Health Sciences, the university and the Benue State Government to urgently intervene and resolve the issues, warning that failure to do so could prolong the disruption of medical training and services at the teaching hospital.