Dr Nasir Fagge, national president of ASUU,
said that after consultations with branch chairmen of the union on the new
government offer, members rejected it saying it amounts to
re-negotiations, the opinion of the branch chairmen is that the 2009 agreement
should just be implemented rather than making new offers.
In Benin City, ASUU Benin zone
yesterday expressed the determination of members to stay at home for up to 10
years rather than call off the strike if the Federal Government continues to avoid
the implementation of the agreement it reached with the union in 2009.
Speaking through their zonal coordinator, Dr Ighalo Sunny, they described as a shame government’s refusal to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, entered with ASUU in 2009, where government promised to releaseN100
billion out of the N500o billion it
agreed to pay.
Speaking through their zonal coordinator, Dr Ighalo Sunny, they described as a shame government’s refusal to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, entered with ASUU in 2009, where government promised to release
Also in Awka, ASUU yesterday urged EFCC to prevail on the executive secretary of the National University Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okogie to account for the
Dr. Chidi Osuagwu, chairman of the Nsukka zone of ASUU, at a briefing on the on-going strike by the university lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka accused the NUC boss of being a cog in the wheel of university education, saying that the strike would not have been necessary if the annual stabilization fund was properly managed.
According to Dr Osuagwu, the rumours that the on-going strike will be called off tomorrow is embarrassing to ASUU. He maintained that the strike would continue unless the 2009 FG and ASUU agreement was fully implemented.
The inevitable question is what the plight of Nigerian students is even as these two giants continue to disagree???
ReplyDeleteEvery Nigerian student affected should get a degree for whatever level attained, as that wld atleast help update their CVs and myt also guarantee a little passage for dem into the labour mkt. Sorry to everyone affected, as 4 mua, am a graduate already.....lol
Ride on bro, like ur blogs, atleast, it's one of those things dat d strike has helped u achieve.
Graduate! Wow! good for you, Few weeks back i wished the strike could wait for just two months, so i could graduate too...well am grateful for what the strike has helped me achieve…and less I forget… thanks for your complement.
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