The Academic Staff Union of Universities
on Thursday announced its disengagement from further negotiations with
the Federal Government, over what it describes as the latter’s perceived
insincerity in the 2009 agreement as well as the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) both parties signed in January last year.
The union National President, Dr. Nassir
Faggae Isa, said at a press briefing held at the University of Lagos on
Thursday that the 2009 agreement and the MoU must first be honoured,
even if ASUU feels the need to consider renegotiation with the
government.
The union had embarked on a total strike on July 2 over government‘s failure to honour the 2009 agreement.
Faggae said, “Consequently, our members
are left with no other choice than to prosecute this strike to its
logical conclusion. ASUU members nationwide are saying this striker will
not be suspended until and unless the government respects the 2009
agreement and makes concrete efforts to implement it in the best
interest of the country.”
According to him, during a meeting held
between ASUU and the government representative on Monday, government
declared that it neither had any motive to revitalize public
universities through committed funding, nor was it ready to pay in full
the accumulated Earned Academic Allowances between 2009 and 2013.
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