HeadlineASUU Gives Condition, Says Union Ready To Call Off Strike

ASUU Gives Condition, Says Union Ready To Call Off Strike

July 05, (THEWILL) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has said it is ready to call off its nationwide industrial action immediately if the Federal Government signs the negotiated agreement.

ASUU has been at loggerheads with the federal government, citing the refusal of the Government to honour the 2009 agreement it entered with the Union.

THEWILL reports that varsity lectures had on February 14, embarked on a strike to press home its demand, including the government’s investment in the nation’s university infrastructure, and payment of members’ salaries through the recommended University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), among several others.

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Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said the union is waiting for a positive response from President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

“As far as ASUU is concerned, the strike can end tomorrow, we have finished the negotiations, let the government call us this night that we should come tomorrow and sign the agreement, we will be there.

“Let government tell us they have finished testing the UTAS, we have accepted it. By tomorrow, we will call off the strike. We are finished (with negotiations). We are just waiting, and challenging the government. When will they sign the agreement, and when will they accept UTAS? Those are the two questions we need to ask the Nigerian government”, Osodeke said, adding that the reason for the prolonged industrial action was because the Federal Government did not take aggrieved lecturers serious.

He also said government has failed to pay the striking lecturers their salaries for the past five months, noting that the tool used as a blackmail to punish the university workers will not work.

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