No fewer than hundred members of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, who are professors of law may be defending the union
against the Federal Government at the National Industrial Court, NIC, on Monday
(today).
The NIC, on Sunday, summoned the FG and ASUU to appear
before it on Monday in Abuja over the lingering strike embarked upon by the
union over seven months ago.
This is coming after all efforts by the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration to return the striking lecturers to class failed.
ASUU, among others things are
demanding the release of the revitalisation fund for universities, release of
earned allowances for university lecturers, deployment of the University
Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances
of lecturers, release of the white paper report of the visitation panels to
universities and the renegotiation of the ASUU-FGN 2009 agreement.
Recall that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu had a few
days ago, said the union has done its best in trying to resolve the lingering
strike which has crippled learning since February 14.
When contacted by DAILY POST on Sunday, ASUU president,
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke confirmed the court case, saying “that is what I was
just told, I’m currently on my way to Abuja for the case”.
Similarly, a lecturer at the University of Abuja, who
preferred anonymity, told DAILY POST that the union will not hire lawyers, stating
that ASUU would be defended by more than hundred professors of law.
The lecturer, who is also a member of the ASUU, said some of
the Professors that will appear in court on Monday are Senior Advocates of
Nigeria.
“Why do we need to hire lawyers when we have over a hundred
professors of law who are ready to storm the court on Monday?
“ASUU is not like any other union, this is another joke from
the Federal Government. Instead of them trying to find solution to the problem,
they are busy distracting the general public”, he added.
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