five years, from the federal government, following a marathon meeting
that ended Tuesday, indications have emerged that the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) may lose the sympathy of many and may
make the government wield the big stick if it rejects the recent offer
by the government, with a full blown implementation of the 'no work,
no pay' policy likely to break the ranks of the union and cause
disaffection among the members who would feel the pinch of their
salaries being withheld.
The union had however, insisted that it wanted N350 billion in 2014
and N400 billion annually for the next four years.
A labour leader who was privy to the details of the meeting between
President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Executives of ASUU told
Thisday yesterday it would be in the best interest of the union to
accept the proposal.
"Once you meet the president of a country, where else do you want to
go? Who else do you want to meet with? The leadership of the Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) were present at
that meeting. If we cannot find an exit, then we are in serious
trouble.
"You cannot leave a strike open-ended, it will backfire seriously. If
the government had started the 'no work, no pay' policy as soon as it
was obvious that ASUU was bent on prolonging the strike, the strike
would have been over by now. It would have broken the ranks of the
members," the source said.
The source added that although labour leaders are of the opinion that
the government holds the major part of the blame for the strike, they
(labour leaders) also think that ASUU has overdone it.
"If after all these, ASUU remains adamant, then it would be obvious
that they have a political agenda. It may also be an ego thing for
ASUU NEC who realise that ASUU has been known to be a union that
strives on holding governments to ransom," the source added.
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So wat are they saying in essence?..shud we still be hopeful or shud I go job hunting?
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ReplyDeleteLols. So the FG wants to resort to cheap blackmail. If they wanna call off this strike, they should do so now cos if it's called off around december, I may delay resumption. I'm doing something tangible with my life and ASUU/FG won't ruin it.
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