UNIPORT ASUU Faults FG’s Offer

The University of Port Harcourt chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has expressed dissatisfaction over the offer given by the Federal Government towards resolving the lingered union strike.
Chairman of ASUU in Uniport, Dr Austin Sado, who disclosed this while speaking to newsmen on the Federal Government offer on Saturday, explained that the offer of government was not enough.
He said he had received the news about the offer with mixed feelings, pointing out that it will not go a long way to address the actual demand of the union to better education at the university level
“The N35 billion is not enough to call-off the strike.The Federal Government has not been sincere in tackling this matter, and that is why the strike has lingered uptil this time.
“” The demand of ASUU was not for the union alone, but for the overall development of the Universities, and the offer of #35 billion is not enough to call-off the strike.
“ The ASUU strike is a proxy war. We are standing both for the students. Government always fail on their part, even when they have given firm promise.
“ Let us be patient to hold government accountable to do what to do, what they have promised to do, and as well do what they are expected to do, and we expect government to do more than what they have offered”, Sador said.
The Uniport ASUU boss however maintained that the issue of IPPS was not the bone of contention, because it was resolved in 2013, adding that they are expecting government to set up the visitation panel.
According to him, the union will later meet to review the offer being given by the Federal Government, before they can consider to call-off the strike or not, and also corrected the impression that governing council of the university is the body that has the responsibility to employ and control the university and not the government.

By: Corlins Walter