http://www.newsportng.com.ng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended her ongoing strike in the Nigerian public universities by four weeks. – ASUU strike
The National Executive Council of the union, made the announcement in a statement made available to some Journalists in Abuja on Monday.
According to the statement, “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of Government’s past failures to abide by its own timelines in addressing issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA), NEC resolved that the strike be rolled over for four weeks to give Government more time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues.”
It could be recalled that the university students have been out of school for over five months now following the demand of ASUU from the Federal government to meet past agreement for substantial upgrade in the university system.
The extension is also coming barely one week that the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) staged National protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) demanding an end to the strike action.
NLC National chairman, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, directed all labour union in the 36 states of the federation, to stage protest demanding positive response from the Federal government, while himself will lead that of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, 27th July, 2022.
Speaking during the protest, NLC said protest is the only language that Nigeria government understand, adding that they are solidly behind ASUU to ensure Federal government do the needful.
Wabba said: “This is a serious business. We want our children back to school. We are not financially bouyant to send our own children to abroad for study. Labour is ready to take it back by our struggle.”
NLC, in a two-page written documents, further stressed that the union is dismayed by the federal government’s paralysis and reluctance to take the necessary steps that could lead to the peaceful resolution of the issues in dispute and by extension, end the strike.
He said: “On our part, we have taken various initiatives to end this strike including writing to the Ministers of Education and Labour and Employment and the presidency. Although this elicited some response from government, it was tokenistic and not sufficient. – ASUU strike
