The Academic Staff
Union of Universities said it would embark on a one week warning strike over
failure by the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreement and 2013 MoU.
ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi,
on Monday told a news conference that the National Executive Council of ASUU
resolved to embark on a one week warning strike from Wednesday November 16
after a nation-wide consultation with members.
He said, “Many aspects of the 2013 MoU and the
2009 Agreement with the Federal Government have either been unimplemented or
despairingly handled.
“The agreements are: Payments of staff
entitlements since December 2015, funding of universities for revitalisation,
pension, TSA and university autonomy and renegotiation of 2009 Agreement.
“Failure by the Federal
Government to implement this agreement has put ASUU leadership in severe
difficulty, responding to inquiries from members of the union about the state
of our agreement.”
The ASUU president said that during the warning
strike, there shall be no teaching, examination and no attendance at statutory
meetings in all branches.
He, however, called on all education-loving
Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to address the patriotic demands
of ASUU until the Nigerian university system is repositioned.
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