ASUU STRIKE Update: Pro-
chancellors order universities open
nationwide
REPORT CULLED FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
The Committee of Pro-chancellors of
Nigerian Federal Universities, on Tuesday,
unanimously ordered immediate re-opening
of universities across the country.
The communiqué signed by the Chairman of
the Committee, Professor Kimse Okoko, was
made available to newsmen late Tuesday in
Abuja.
The communiqué was issued at the end of
the committee meeting to discuss the
protracted strike by Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) and other issues
affecting the Nigerian university system.
The communiqué stated that the decision to
re-open the universities was unanimously
agreed by all pro-chancellors in the overall
interest of all concerned.
The pro-chancellors, in the communique,
directed all vice chancellors to comply with
the committee decision.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the decision
of the pro-chancellors was predicated on the
earlier referendum held by various chapters
of ASUU that voted 60-40 in favour of
suspension of the over four months old
strike.
They expressed dismay that all efforts to
resolve the crisis, including the intervention
of President Goodluck Jonathan, has failed.
The communiqué recognised “all effort by
Federal Government to address the major
issues involved in the strike action including
the bold and the supportive intervention by
Mr President.”
It also stated that the committee noted “with
satisfaction the outcome of the referendum
conducted in all branches of ASUU
nationwide which voted 60-40 in favour of
the suspension of the ongoing strike by
ASUU.”
The pro-chancellors called for the
understanding of ASUU and indeed all staff
of the various universities in Nigeria.
This order is coming on the heels of
polarisation that has already crept into the
ASUU, following the meeting they had with
President Goodluck Jonathan penultimate
week.
Nigerians were amazed that the emergency
National Executive Council meeting, held in
Kaduna last weekend, came out with fresh
conditions for suspension of strike after it
was rumoured that a deal was struck with
President Jonathan.
ASUU has been on strike since July 1 and the
NEC meeting was to deliberate on the
resolutions of various chapters of ASUU on
whether the strike should be suspended or
not based on the offers by the government.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the pro-
chancellors were aggrieved that even when
majority of the members of ASUU want the
strike called off, few elements in the union
have refused to yield to the popular desire of
the members.
Meanwhile, the crisis rocking the University
of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of ASUU, over its
continued participation in the ongoing strike
action by the union’s national body,
worsened on Tuesday as the two factions in
the crisis openly traded insults.
The congress, called on Monday, saw a sharp
division in the chapter with a faction
favouring a pull-out from the strike action,
giving a week ultimatum to open the
institution.
The faction also promised undisclosed
further actions if the ultimatum was not met,
after it held a separate congress following
the disruption of the earlier one.
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well they should do the needful,but on a second thought,who will teach the students,is it not the same striking lecturers?
talk of unseriousness

Goodnews....for me