Following the indefinite strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), last Monday, the union, Sunday, disclosed that it
will not suspend the industrial action, unless the Federal Government
accedes to the agreement it reached with it in 2009. This is even as
the union debunked reports on some social and online media that it has
suspended its one-week old strike.
Speaking with Vanguard, ASUU
Chairman, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chapter, Dr. Karo Ogbinaka said:
“The strike is still ongoing. We have not suspended or called-off the
strike. Perhaps, before we do that, a National Executive Council (NEC)
meeting must be held, then, the resolutions of the meeting will be made
known to all chapters of the union,” adding, “The indefinite and total
strike will continue, except government meets our demands.”
Meanwhile,
FG through its Ministry of Education led by Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufain will
Monday, meet with stakeholders in the industry, which included Vice
Chancellors of Federal universities and their Governing Councils,
together with interested Vice Chancellors of State and Private
universities.
However, at the time of filing this report, full
details of agenda for the meeting was not made known. It would recalled
that the union had last Monday, called out its members on an indefinite
industrial action over what it termed government’s failure to honour
the Academic Earned Allowance (AEA) which formed a component of the 2009
agreement the government signed with the union.
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