The Academic staff union of universities (ASUU),
Ukachukwu Awuzie addressing newsmen on the ongoing university teachers
strike in Ibadan. Photo: NAN
The Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Monday embark on a one-week
warning strike over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement
reached with the Federal Government.
The South-West
Zonal Co-ordinator of the union, Akin Ajisegiri told newsmen on Friday
in Ibadan that the federal government and its powerful elite should be
held responsible for this nation’s underdevelopment.
He said the
government had refused to implement the condition of service,
universities autonomy, pension and the issue of retirement age.
Mr Ajisegiri noted
that although the Nigerian university system had suffered deficit in
infrastructure, the government’s position remained the same.
The co-ordinator
said the 2009 agreement was meant to be a benchmark for reversing the
deteriorating state of the nation’s education, however, the government
had not attended to the suggestions made by the union on reviving the
education sector.
Mr Ajisegiri
appealed to Nigerians to prevail on government to live up to its
responsibility and said that long after the negotiation was concluded,
government had not been showing commitment to the agreement.
He noted that the
development of any nation could be faster when its educational is given
priority and explained that education was the bedrock of any
development.
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