ASUU To Commence Warning Strike On October 2
- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Monday that it would commence a warning strike on Oct. 2.
A
statement signed by Mr Ben Ugheoke, the Chairman, University of Abuja
chapter of ASUU, stated that the Federal Government had failed to embark
on meaningful dialogue with the union.
“We
have tried to dialogue with the Federal Government but they have been
playing games with us; we will start with a warning strike to show them
we are not jokers.
“ASUU
has being trying to get the attention of the Federal Government to
intervene in the academic system of universities across Nigeria but it
has all been abortive.
“Consequently, ASUU will give a warning strike which will start on Oct. 2nd.
“The
strike will last for one week, and if they do not give us listening
ears, we will start the indefinite strike in November,’’Ugheoke said in
the statement.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUU, had at a recent news
briefing accused the Federal Government of reneging on the 2009
agreement with the union.
ASUU’s
Coordinator, Abuja Zone, Dr Theophilus Lagi, also said in the statement
that the government had only implemented 30 per cent of the provisions
of Universities Needs Assessment document.
He said
that the fund was disbursed indiscriminately to university councils as a
fall out of the six months industrial action the union embarked upon in
2009.
Lagi
urged the Federal Government to fully implement the 2009 agreement it
reached with the union in order to avert another industrial action by
the nation’s public universities.
“The
struggle to implement the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement is not about the
union; it is not about the personal benefits of the members only.
“The
current issues in contention include funding of universities for
revitalisation in line with the Memorandum of Understanding the Federal
Government and ASUU had signed in 2013.
“Re-negotiation of the FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement ASUU believes will reposition the entire education sector.
“We
also demand the facilitation of the registration of the Nigerian
Universities Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO), among other issues in
the FG/ASUU 2009 agreement,’’ he said. (NAN)
ASUU To Commence Warning Strike On October 2
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