ASUU Wants FG To Negotiate With Union To End Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says it is ready to negotiate with government toward ending its one-week old industrial action.
Its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was guest on TVC News Breakfast show yesterday, also advised government to establish an education bank for proper funding of universities.
He regretted the attitude of government to the university lecturers’ demands, saying that letters notifying government of the strike, which were submitted to the education and labour ministries on Novemver 5, had not been replied.
“We wrote to inform the ministries that we had resumed our strike. We told them that we had resumed the strike we suspended in September 2017 because government failed to implement agreements we signed.
“The ministries signed to acknowledge receipt of the copies we gave them, but none has written a reply to us,” he said.
He accused the political class of strangling primary and secondary education in Nigeria, saying that 24 states had failed to access the Universal Basic Education Commission funds for 2018.