ASUU Warns On Imminent Strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has warned that if the Federal Government fails to honour its agreement that led to the suspension of 2017 strike, it will proceed on indefinite strike.
Speaking on Tuesday during a press briefing held at ASUU Secretariat, UNILAG, its Zonal Coordinator, Professor Olusiji Sowande said the Union is not interest in industrial action, urging stakeholders to prevail on the FG to honour their agreement.
“Our last strike was conditioner, therefore we will not give the government any ultimatum before we’ll proceed on strike.”
According to him, in 2009, 2013 and 2017 Memorandum of Understanding were reached between ASUU and Federal Government which they failed to honour.
The key outstanding issues, he noted include: “Payment of fractions and non-payment of salaries, earned academic allowances, non-release of operational license of NUPEMCO. “non-implementation of the provisions of the 2014 Pension Reform Act with respect to retired professors and their salaries, removal of Universities Staff Schools from funding by government.”
Other demands from ASUU are funds for the revitalisation of Public Universities that involves implementation of Needs Assessment Report and poor funding of existing State Universities and proliferation of universities by their Visitors. “
Sowande pointed out that the N20 billion promised made by the Federal Government on Monday was not meant for ASUU, adding that it was announced to blackmail the Union. According to him, the money is meant for the public universities and not for ASUU.