The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has
officially declared a nationwide strike.
Emmanuel Victor Osodeke, the national president of ASUU,
broke the news during a press conference on Monday following a two-day
deliberation of the union’s national executive council (NEC).
Osodeke said the industrial action is “comprehensive and
total”.
Members of the NEC, encompassing ASUU leaders across
campuses, had been holding meetings since Saturday, the latest of which was at
the University Of Lagos (UNILAG).
ASUU had decided to embark on the two-day meeting after it
sensitised and mobilised lecturers and students across all varsities on the
reason the union might go on a strike.
The union, which embarked on a nine-month strike that halted
university education in 2020, had lamented the failure of the federal
government to fulfill some of the agreements they had reached to suspend the
industrial action.
It added that the mobilisation for strike followed the
federal government’s attitude towards the renegotiation of their salaries and
allowances as well as the adoption of the University Transparency
Accountability Solution (UTAS) payroll software.
But President Muhammadu Buhari had recently assured that his
administration would honour its agreements with the union to prevent incessant
strikes in the education sector.
“My administration is committed to this engagement and
dialogue, and I urge them to stay the course towards a joint resolution in the
best interest of our children and nation,” he had said.
More to follow…
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