ASUU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has given the Federal Government a 21-day notice to strike due to the non-fulfillment of agreements made with the union.
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The notification was sent to the Federal Ministries of Labour and Education, and a copy was distributed following the conclusion of the NEC meeting at the University of Ibadan. It’s a strike notice, not an ultimatum, a source said. We are going to go on strike after giving them 21 days’ notice.
We are attempting to make sure that everything we do complies with the law, which is why we are putting out the notice as required by labour regulations. This happens in response to ASUU’s threat to go on strike over the federal government’s failure to carry out agreements.
In an effort to resolve the outstanding problems impacting universities and prevent the impending strike, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, sent an invitation to the union to a meeting on June 26. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of ASUU, asserted that the agreements made with the federal government had not been carried out. “At the meeting convened by the Minister of Education, we decided to get together in two weeks to assess the government’s progress.
We’ll also see what comes next in the event that the administration doesn’t carry out the agreements made. A few of the demands, such as the non-implementation of the 2009 re-negotiated agreements that have persisted for more than six years, were called out by Osodeke.
He also brought up the fact that their members had been receiving academic allowances for more than six years, but nothing had been done about it. He also brought up the revitalisation fund, of which there hasn’t been a payment since 2013, and the requirement of N200 billion every year for five years to bring universities up to speed.
Osodeke also voiced alarm over the government’s inability to halt the growth of universities, pointing out that numerous new institutions are being allowed without the necessary funding to operate.
