In what seems like a warning to the federal government for not keeping up to its promise, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has inferred the possibility of shutting down all public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement agreements the two parties entered into in December 2020, which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike.
In what seems like a warning to the federal government for not keeping up to its promise, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has inferred
The national leadership of the union directed its members nationwide to declare lecture-free day on Monday, February 7, in preparation for a possible showdown with the Nigerian government.
ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, has revealed that the lecture-free day today will enable its members to have urgent meetings.
He complained that the Federal Government ignored the implementation of some agreements the two parties entered into in 2020.
He added that if the FG fails to do the needful, an indefinite strike would be inevitable.
The ASUU leadership has revealed in multiple circulars issued by the various branches of the union announcing the decision, it noted that the lecture-free day will be used to sensitise the university communities and the general public on the failure of the government to honour an agreement the parties entered into in December 2020, and which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike then.
