The Academic Staff Union of Universities has insisted
that its members will not suspend their 3-month-old
strike until the federal government meets its demand.
The university lecturers have been on strike since June
30 demanding that the government honours a 2009
agreement it had with the union and a 2011
Memorandum of Understanding signed over the
agreement.
The Kano Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Rabiu’ Nasiru,
disclosed this in Kano when he addressed journalists on
Wednesday. He said the lecturers would continue with
the strike for as long as the federal government fails to
implement the 2009 agreement
Mr. Nasiru accused the Benue State Governor, Gabriel
Suswam, of having a ‘selfish interest’ during the time he
led the federal government’s negotiation team. The
government’s negotiation team is now led by Vice
President Namadi Sambo, who met with the ASUU
delegation recently.
“The meeting with the vice president did not prove
anything new from what the government has done in
the last three month,” Mr. Nasiru said.
“The Sambo committee is still giving promises and trying
to negotiate the 2009 agreement even when we
should be at the point of implementation.”
The ASUU zonal leader said the federal government
had failed to inject the required N400billion (based on
the agreement) into federal and state universities and
that the N100billion provided was supposed to cover
only for 2012.
“For any country to develop, its university education
must be of highest standard,” the lecturer said.
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