ASUU strike: Protest may be suspended within
24 hours


The Academic Staff Union of Universities on
Wednesday put the weight of the ongoing strike
on the Federal government as it said that the
university strike would be called off 24 hours after
the federal government accepts the new
resolutions reached with President Goodluck
Jonathan on November 4.
Recall that the Union had conducted a referendum
late last week, where 60 per cent of the lecturers
voted for the re-opening of the shut schools.
relatively, in a swift reaction to a statement
credited to the Education Minister , Nyesom Wike,
the Union said that Wike’s assertion that ASUU
was making new outrageous demands was
“untrue and absolute lie.”
ASUU had avowed that it only asked the
president to ensure that the resolution reached at
the meeting was endorsed and signed by a
reputable government official, preferably, the
Attorney-General of the Federation, and would
object to having a permanent secretary sign the
agreement.
ASUU said a representative of the body, including
the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
Abdulwahid Omar, would stand as witnesses.
The union had requested that N200 billion agreed
by both the federal government and the lecturers
as 2013 revitalisation fund for public universities
must be kept in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
for disbursement to relevant universities.
While speaking with the Nations Newspaper on
Wednesday, the National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola
Aremu, said the Union appreciated the effort of
President Jonathan but observed that the letter
sent to the Union does not include some of the
resolutions reached with the President.
He said that, the supervising Minister of
Education was not telling the truth for not
disclosing that apart from the N30 billion earned
allowances released for university staff, the
government has not released the N100billion.
source:
dailypost.com.ng/2013/11/28/ASUU-strike-protest-may-suspended-within-24-hours/

Fingers crossed

ASUU's matter suckz....stinks lyk sockz....federal govt na d shoe, na d leg just dey suffer who happened to b d poor studentz....it iz well....

ASUU ask for more;(