ASUU plans to end strike Jan
2014 —UNILAG faction
•Insists strike must end this
week •Minister condemns
new conditions for
suspension of strike Written by Clement Idoko and Moyosore Solarin
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
00:00 font size Print Email DISQUS_ COMMENTS_COUNT:DISQUS_ COMMENTS Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (3 votes) раскрутка сайтов THE Academic Staff Union of
Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is
planning to end the ongoing
five-month strike mid-January
next year, a faction of the
University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter alleged on Monday. The faction, however, insisted
that the closure of Nigerian
universities by the lecturers
must end this week. Leader of the faction, Dr
Adeyemi Daramola, a lecturer
in the Department of English,
Faculty of Arts accused the
body of assuming oracular
posture on the strike. According to him, “The position
of ASUU has not demonstrated
original function of its rules
which says “reports on
agreement from the union
universities’ branches should be collated and announced”. “ASUU-NEC has assumed an
oracular posture by its very
poor communication to
members, government and the
Nigerian society. “The target of ASUU is to call
off the strike by mid-January of
2014 which is no longer a
rumour in the domain of its
members. We have postponed
other meetings of this pressure version of UNILAG ASUU to discuss issues and
shall call a new one if ASUU-
NEC fails to suspend the strike
before the end off the week. “If necessary, we shall take all
legitimate steps to ensure that
normalcy is restored to all the
Nigerian universities as soon
as possible, as the group would
not accept the rumour of a resumption date fixed for
January, 2014. About two
universities’ academic calendar
have been wasted on strike,
including lecturers’ four
months salaries lost.” Controversies have continued
to trail the participation of
UNILAG’s chapter of the union,
with the new faction allegedly
creating uproar at the congress
held in the institution yesterday. Another leader of the anti-
strike faction, Dr Michael
Ogbeide of the History
Department told the Nigerian
Tribune on phone that “the
ASUU strike had become nonsense and must be stopped.
A lot of our members also
believe so but are afraid to
speak out.” He assured that the faction
would keep pressurising the
leadership until the strike is
called off. When asked the next line of
action if UNILAG ASUU
leadership did not accede to
the faction’s request, he said
“as an historian, in war, you
don’t divulge your strategy before hand.” Early on Monday morning, there
were rumours that the Unilag
ASUU had decided to withdraw
from the strike, but this was
debunked by some members of
the union, though it was confirmed that there was a
split among the members, with
Daramola’s faction reportedly
kicking against the
institution’s continued
participation in the strike. According to a source who
pleaded anonymity, the
congress actually turned out
disorganised and divided, as
some members, during the
meeting began to protest, demanding UNILAG’s
withdrawal from the strike. It was learnt that after the
meeting became rowdy, the
two factions later held
separate meetings, with both
reportedly resolving to
maintain their postures. The main body insisted that the
strike would be on until grey
areas are sorted out. Minister condemns ASUU’s conditions for suspension of strike The Supervising Minister of
Education, Nyesom Wike has
condemned the new conditions
set out by the leadership of
ASUU as a yardstick to call off
its over four month old strike. The minister, who said he was
going to meet with President
Goodluck Jonathan on the
development, said the union
wants immediate
implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered by the
government to public
universities, starting with the
release of N100 billion this
year and the balance of N1.1
trillion to be spread over five years from 2014. Wike, who spoke in Abuja on
Monday added, that the Union
though indicated readiness to
call off the over-prolonged
industrial action. He stressed that the Federal
Government and members of
the National Assembly would
engage the union further on its
decision. According to him, “ASUU has
given new conditions, after
they had an agreement with
President Goodluck Jonathan at
the Villa. “He said, he would meet with
the President on the new
conditions by ASUU. Among the
three conditions given by ASUU
in order to end the strike were
payment of four months salary arrears which accumulated
during the period of the strike;
immediate implementation of
the N1.2 trillion offered by the
government to public
universities, starting with the release of N100bn this year
and the balance of N1.1tn to be
spread over five years from
2014”. The union also demanded that
the salary arrears must not be
paid piecemeal. These were
some of the resolutions
reached by members of the
National Executive Council of the union that met in Kano on
Friday which has been sent to
the Federal Government before
they will call off the strike. Reports indicated that the
university lecturers in Nigeria
have agreed to end the five-
month old strike by ASUU. If
the Federal Government agrees
to three conditions. EBSU dares ASUU, resumes tomorrow The management of Ebonyi
State University, Abakaliki
(EBSU) on Monday announced
that academic activities would
resume in all the campuses of
the institution today.
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wen dis strike startd,ppl saw reasons wit ASUU, dey were supportd even by students,nt until dey decided 2 play wat eva it is dey re nw playing n nw,even among demsleves dais confusion....me I jst dey observe cos I don tire 4 ASUU matter

Xmas money tinzz!

Singing:

Xmas is comin n it's time 2 tink-
Hav I bn gud or bad,
It's hard 2 rmember evrytin I've don,
Evrytime my mom got mad-
I ddn mean 2 watch d TV wen I did my home work...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!
I dey laugh in Santa Claus' voice.

ASUU should be scraped, let forget the freedom of association to save Nigeria future leaders.
Let salvage the remaining decay in our institution of higher learning which these wicked elements are claiming to be fighting for but on the contrary.
I bet you most of these wicked striking lecturers are only on strike in government universities but working in private universities.
Time will tell before you people are exposed and disgrace!

If i hear say ASUU don call off strike this december eh no go better 4 dem o, make dem continue with the strike till january cos i wan enjoy my xmas first

Why should u collect salary when u didnt work for it

OP.....just an observation. Kindly go and change your subject to read FACTION as against what you put FRACTION

.

Why should ASUU demand for salaries of four months which they did nt work for it.I thought they dont need money.yeye.