lecturers have agreed to end the ongoing strike.
However, the teachers, under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union...
of Universities (ASUU) have stated three conditions which must be met
before the strike could be called off.
The conditions will be presented to President Goodluck Jonathan along
with the Federal Government team today and if all parties are in
agreement with the terms, the strike would be called off.
The ASUU leadership has banned its local chapters and zonal chairmen
from talking to the media until after the session with the President.
ASUU President Dr. Nasir Issa Fagge and other leaders of the union
were being expected in Abuja last night.
According to a source, who was part of the ASUU session at Mambayya
House in Kano, the conditions are:
•Commitment from the President that any review or reconsideration or
renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement will not substantially affect the
pact which is the cause of the ongoing strike;
•Immediate payment of all outstanding salary arrears and allowances of
varsity teachers without victimization; and
•A written commitment from the President that the Federal Government
will commit N225billion annually to the funding of universities for
the next four years.
There is a fourth condition, which is said to be "personal" to ASUU,
bordering on the need to be wary of gradual loss of public sympathy.
The union leaders were said to have recognised public goodwill for the
strike and the need to avert any action that could erode such
confidence.
The source said: "Our leaders are meeting with the President on Monday
to table these conditions. Once the President accepts these three
terms, the strike will be called off.
"In principle, members voted about 60-40 per cent to call off the
strike, but they added a caveat – that ASUU leaders should extract a
commitment (signed and sealed) from the President.
The union is said to have insisted on the three conditions because
during talks with the Federal Government, it was apparent that the
government wanted a renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement.
"If ASUU had accepted to renegotiate the entire Agreement , it means
there will be no basis for the ongoing strike. The worst that can
happen is either having the abridged version of the 2009 Agreement or
a phased implementation of the document," the source added.
Dat means d strike is still on going na.....
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ReplyDeleteMay thunder destroy dat useless organisation Called asuu,Association of stupid ungrateful union.
ReplyDeleteI concour. Even all lecturers especially south east lecturers. Lazy bunch of idiots yet they need money. Reaping where they didnt sow. Nigeria is a pathetic country. I weep for the poor masses. Even the so called unions and lecturers their children are either in a private uni or abroad. God will deal with dem all decisvely even unizik lecturers that are forming solidatry. Nonsense bunch of animalistic beasts filled with their selfish desires. The worst is the southerners and northerners want d strike called off only easterners who actually don't know the value of education that's why an average igbo man lacks the basic educational expertise yet na dem form pass when it comes to wisdom. Nonsense. #angrynigerian
Deletedis time,i'm angry,i need indian hemp,dis one don pass cigarete wit kola.....
ReplyDeleteP.R.O! U are really hardworkin #Bless
ReplyDeletemake dey no call off cos xmas don dey reach they want money to do am as no work no pay policy has be implement GEJ please no agree make they eat sand and stone for xmas nonsense old peopl wey no wan retire
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