ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: “ASUU Plans To End Strike Next Year” – UNILAG Faction Open Up
The faction reportedly said yesterday that ASUU had no plans to end
the strike before January 2014.
The group, however went on to say that the plans of ASUU must not
succeed as the four-month-old industrial action must be brought to an
end this week.
The Tribune reports:
Leader of the faction, Dr Adeyemi Daramola, a lecturer in the
Department of English, Faculty of Arts accused the body of assuming
oracular posture on the strike.
According to him, "The position of ASUU has not demonstrated original
function of its rules which says "reports on agreement from the union
universities' branches should be collated and announced".
"ASUU-NEC has assumed an oracular posture by its very poor
communication to members, government and the Nigerian society.
"The target of ASUU is to call off the strike by mid-January of 2014
which is no longer a rumour in the domain of its members. We have
postponed other meetings of this pressure version of UNILAG.
ASUU to discuss issues and shall call a new one if ASUU-NEC fails to
suspend the strike before the end off the week.
"If necessary, we shall take all legitimate steps to ensure that
normalcy is restored to all the Nigerian universities as soon as
possible, as the group would not accept the rumour of a resumption
date fixed for January, 2014. About two universities' academic
calendar have been wasted on strike, including lecturers' four months
salaries lost."
Meanwhile, the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has
condemned the new conditions set out by the leadership of ASUU as a
yardstick to call off its over four month old strike.Wike, who spoke
in Abuja on Monday added, that the Union though indicated readiness to
call off the over-prolonged industrial action.
He stressed that the Federal Government and members of the National
Assembly would engage the union further on its decision.
According to him, "ASUU has given new conditions, after they had an
agreement with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Villa.
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