The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the resolution of the union to extend the industrial action by another two months.
The decision was part of the resolve of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union held on Sunday, at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja.
The decion to roll over the strike for another eight (8) weeks is to give
government more time to address all the issues in concrete terms so that students will resume as soon as possible.
The resolution read in full:
UPDATE ON ASUU ROLL-OVER THE STRIKE
1. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) held an emergency meeting on Sunday, 13/4 March 2022
at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja.
2. The meeting was called to review developments since the Union declared a four weeks total and comprehensive roll-over strike action at the end of its
NEC meeting at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos on 12th_136h February, 2022.
The strike action came on the heels of Government’s failure to satisfactorily implement the Memorandum of Action (MOA) it signed with the
Union in December 2020 on funding for revitalization of public universities
(both Federal and States), renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement, deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution
(UTAS), Earned Academic Allowances, State Universities, promotion arrears,
withheld salaries, and non-remittance of third-party deductions.
3. NEC noted that the Union’s leadership has held some interactive meetings with agents of government in the last four weeks that the strike action had lasted.
However, NEC was disappointed that Government did not treat the
matters involved with utmost urgency they deserved during the four-week
period as expected of a reasonable, responsive, and well-meaning
administration.
4. NEC viewed Government’s response, so far, as a continuation of the
unconscionable, mindless, and nonchalant attitude of the Nigerian ruling elite towards the proven path of national development which is education.
5. NEC acknowledged the intervention efforts, in various ways, by patriots and
friends of genuine national development (students, parents, journalists, trade union leaders, civil society activists etc.) to expeditiously resolve the crisis which Government’s disposition had allowed to fester. However, ASUU, as aunion of intellectuals, has historic obligations to make governments honour agreements.
6. NEC, having taken reports on the engagements of the Trustees and Principal Officers with the Government concluded that Government had failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU
Memorandum of Action (MOA) within the four-week roll-over strike period
and resolved that the strike be rolled over for another eight (8) weeks to give
Government more time to address all the issues in concrete terms so that ourstudents will resume as soon as possible.
The roll-over strike shall commence
by 12.01am on Monday, 14th March, 2022
7. Thank you.
Que
Emmanuel Osodeke
President
13th March 2022
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