Information reaching us is that the proposed
indefinite strike by the ASUU has taken effect.
According to the document signed by the Chairman
Prof Ogunyemi. The union have commenced the indefinite strike.
The indefinite strike was necessary due to the
inability of the federal government to meet up with the M0U reached by the two
parties (federal Government and ASUU).
The NEC earlier had met at the Nasarawa
State University, Keffi on the 22nd and 23rd July, 2017, and deliberated
extensively on issues arising from the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement, the 2013 MoU
and other related issues and decided to conduct a referendum at the branch
congresses on the next line of action.
the Result of the Meeting held on Sunday 13th July 2017 by ASUU in an undisclosed venue, had them make the very decision of the indefinite strike.
the Result of the Meeting held on Sunday 13th July 2017 by ASUU in an undisclosed venue, had them make the very decision of the indefinite strike.
According to the document, Ogunyemi pointed
out that the
strike action is to be a total, comprehensive and indefinite action whereby no
form of academic activities including teaching, attendance of any meeting,
conduct and supervision of any examination at any level, supervision of project
or thesis at any level should take place at any of the nation’s universities.
Recalling that it had to embark on a six month
strike between July and December 2013 and the strike was suspended when
government signed an MoU with the union. “Of all the items contained in the
MoU, only the N200b out of a total of N1.3tr of the Public Universities
Revitalisation (Needs Assessment) fund was released.
However, the union had also embark on a one week
warning strike in November 2016 to press for the implementation of 2013 MoU. Of
which government did not implement the understanding reach between the union
and Federal Government base on the intervention by the leadership of Senate of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
According to the document, Ogunyemi also pointed out
amongst other items that staffs should not be involved in any academic
activities of the school including examination activities. Tis will be a very
serious order as a good number of varsities are taking or are even preparing
for Examinations currently, TASUED is at the verge of concluding, UNILAG will commence
this month amongst others
Meanwhile a Geoscience student of the University
of Lagos, he has it that the wishes that UNILAG do not join the strike as their
Exam is very close and that it will be a setback for them. He however pointed
out in sarcasm that the strike could hold after his exam.
More update on the ASUU strike will be made here
as they unfold
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