fulli_16: The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) again rejected the offer by the
Presidency put forward by the Viice President
Namadi Sambo yesterday at a meeting to
resolve the almost three-month-old strike by
the lecturers. Also, ASUU Ibadan zone made up of
University of Ibadan, University of Lagos,
Olabisi Onananjo University, University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta, Lagos State University
and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-
Ode, at a zonal meeting yesterday, resolved to continue with the industrial action. The acting Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan Zone,
Dr. Karo Ogbinaka said the strike entered its
88th day (yesterday), saying the action has
crippled public universities. He said in spite of the spirited efforts of the
union to revamp the rot in the system, the
government remained adamant and
intransigent in honouring the agreement it
entered into with ASUU in 2009. “ASUU has demonstrated great commitment
and patriotism since 2006 when the
negotiation started and culminated in the
2009 agreement. It has allowed government
to use its agencies to verify the claims of
decrepit infrastructure in the university system. This resulted in the production of the
Needs Assessment document of 2012,”
Ogbinaka stated. According to him, the meeting of Tuesday,
September 19 with the vice president was an
indication that the Federal Government was
merely paying lip service to education in the
country and deceiving the public on its
commitment to its transformation agenda. Ogbinaka, who is the branch chairman of
ASUU UNILAG, assured Nigerians that it would
not back-out in the struggle for the
emancipation of the people by ensuring that
government does what is right in the
education sector. “Our appeal to all patriotic Nigerians is for
them to support ASUU in this struggle to save
our public education in Nigeria and secure the
future of this great country,” he said. During the Ibadan zone meeting which took
place at UNILAG, ASUU members resolved to
continue with the almost three-month-old
industrial action until government meets the
demands of the union. Some of the branch chairmen at the meeting
told Daily Sun that their various congresses,
which held this week rejected offer put
forward by the vice president, insisting on full
implementation of the agreement. Acting ASUU Chairman of OOU, Dr. Tunde
Odulanmi, ASUU UI branch Secretary, Dr. Deji
Omole, told Daily Sun that their congresses
rejected the outcome of the union’s meeting
with Sambo and voted to continue with the
strike.
source: www.sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/again-ASUU-rejects-presidency-offer-says-strike-continues/

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