The presidency Tuesday said that the Federal Government has met with demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and there was no need to maintain the strike, just as it stressed that the agreement was reached sequel to the last meeting held between Federal Government and ASUU.
According to the Presidency, the administration believes that with the agreement and the result of the votes across the campuses, ASUU has no reason for further sustenance of the strike, even as it called on the Union to comply with the call on them to resume work without further delay.
This is coming as the ultimatum issued to ASUU lapses today.
Speaking in Abuja during an interactive session with leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students’ Matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe who noted that a larger membership of ASUU campus chapters had voted for the immediate call-off of the strike, stressed that the directive given by the government was not targeted to threaten the ASUU leadership, but designed to show government’s commitment towards ensuring that all university students return to school.
According to him, ASUU leaders must work in line with the directives by ensuring that all students get back to the campus as the government would ensure a water-tight security on the campuses, adding, “The Nigerian public should be informed that the government has met all the promises they made on this ASUU issue. If they have not agreed, there was no reason for them to have said they would meet their members and get back . It means there was an agreement that was reached.
“The Minister of Education announced that lecturers should resume, it was not in anyway targeted at threatening or compelling the leadership of ASUU to go back to school.”
In his remarks, NANS president, Comrade Yinka who maintained tha its association was neutral, said that it supports a just cause, adding that the association was standing by the government because it was working in line with its desire which was for all schools to reope Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Pls details of d aggreement.
ReplyDeleteso where is the evidence. Do you think you are dealing with nursery school children
ReplyDeleteI laugh at NANS of today!! They cannot even tell the truth again. Here is a simple question for the NANS President; Without ASUU struggles from 1990 to the present day, would you have even had decrepit public Universities to attend now? Answer to yourself honestly by first looking at the ASUU struggles from 1990-2013.
ReplyDeleteNANS bcarefull cos dis struggle is 4 ur children, forget about d heavy bags of money, some of our present day politicians are not to b trusted.
ReplyDeletedis so call NANS leaders are no more students. i 1da wht makes dem student's rep, when they r scheming 4 corrupt political post. they 'll even b worse than nyesom wike.
ReplyDeletethe question i want 2 ask here what is NANS? WHO ARE THEY REPRESENTING? WHO VOTED THEM ? ARE THEY STILL VALID STUDENTS? WHAT ARE THEIR AGES etc the question is so much .
ReplyDeletehow can the say the are neutral when the have already taken sides i jst wish that God will 4give that soul who says he is repesenting nigerian student may gods of our land and the God of ASSU judge him
This is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf...who really is fooling who?.
ReplyDeleteMy question is simple,after d agreement wit fg by asuu and asuu voted to suspend d strike,Watz d issue again?is dere more to dis strike?some of u who asked for agreement,did asuu denied dey had an agreement with fg ni?no,so,tell us asuu problem ooooo
ReplyDeleteThe truth is that the meaning of NANS of today is Non-Academic Nigerian Students. Most of them are political thugs and people who dropped out of universities. You remember the impact of NANS struggles during the IBB regime. It's unfortunate how we found ourselves where we are as a nation today. Fathers, grand fathers come out to tell lies to the whole nation on national TV. Can the federal government tell us exactly what new demands ASUU has made? They should just know that even if the president of Nigeria today is a member of ASUU, that intelligent and organised union (ASUU) will never elect some one like him as their president. Nigerians should be wise. This current administration deceived the whole country and told them all the good things they'd achieve with SURE-P fund. Today what have they done with more than NGN800 billion the agreed they've saved from the subsidy they removed in January 2012? Yet people want ASUU, a union of intellectuals to accept unsigned declaration from the government that disowned a memorandum of understanding that was signed by a permanent secretary in federal civil service on behalf of the federal government. ASUU please carry on with the strike until they (FG) do the right thing. God bless Nigeria!
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