The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
National President Dr. Nasir Faege has said the strike will
continue. He said the union was ready to negotiate with
any other body,besides the Benue State Governor Gabriel
Suswam’s committee.
The Suswam committee, he saidhad nothing good to deliver.
Faege said: “The strike continues even if government is
threatening to do the worst. There is no more dialogue with
government, if the 2009 agreement is not approved. But we
are willing to dialogue with anybody towards meeting
ASUU’s said agreement.
That is the truth. “Our doors are open towards addressing
these problems. If anybody invites us, we will be there. The
only dialogue that we will not attend is that with the Suswam
committee. ASUU has vowed not to listen to that committee
again. The struggle is on and we are waiting and hoping that
government will do what is right so that we will go back to
our classes and start lecturing.
“Many students have been calling me in support of the ASUU
strike and they want government to listen to us and that we
should not call off the strike until the 2009 agreement is met.
The condition of the universities is nothing to write home
about.” On the ‘no-work no-pay’ issue, the ASUU boss said:
“The Federal Government has not been paying. That
statement is not applicable now since we have been working
without pay.”