Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has said the state government has fulfilled all terms of agreement reached with representatives of Academic and Non-Academic Staff Union of the state university during a stakeholders meeting with bishops and elders of the state in Onitsha last week.

Consequently, the governor expects the striking university workers to call off the strike and resume work.

But the striking lecturers rose from a meeting at Igbariam campus of the university yesterday and insisted on continuing with the strike because, according to a source at the meeting, government is yet to meet their conditions.

Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.

After the meeting of the governing council and ASUU at the weekend, it was thought that the strike would be called off this week, but it appeared there is still no hope for the university to reopen on November 22, 2010, as promised chairman of the governing council, Prof Elochukwu Amaucheazi.

Governor Obi, while speaking at Anambra State Youth Reorientation and Empowerment Programme for youths of Anambra South Senatorial Zone at Saint Cletus Catholic Church, Nnewi, said that based on the intervention of the elders of the state, his administration had fulfilled the terms of the agreement.

The programme was organized by the state government, in collaboration with Anambra Rebirth and Institute for National Transformation.

According to him, with what has been agreed upon, lecturers of the university will be earning 80% of what their counterparts in federal universities earn at present.

The governor said that during the meeting hosted by the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, the stakeholders requested all parties to make sacrifices to reach a compromise, explaining that the state government had fulfilled all terms requested by the stakeholders.

He said with the new salary for the lecturers, they were now the highest paid workers in the state, with professors earning twice the salary of the deputy governor.

He said, in spite the pressure from the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, no member of the State Executive Council was earning the salary recommended by the commission because of the lean resources of the state.

He also said that till date, states in the South West and South South, including Lagos and Rivers States, with their jumbo revenue, were not implementing the new salary structure.

Aldol:
He never fulfilled the agreement,didn't you read where ASUU call him a deceitful man for refusing to keep to his promises

Aldol:
He never fulfilled the agreement,didn't you read where ASUU call him a deceitful man for refusing to keep to his promises

Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.

Northernblood8:


Was the salary increased or not?

Go and Verify.

Obi played his part but Professors kept on asking for more.

Northernblood8:


Was the salary increased or not?

Go and Verify.

Obi played his part but Professors kept on asking for more.

Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.

Northernblood8:


Was the salary increased or not?

Go and Verify.

Obi played his part but Professors kept on asking for more.

seunmsg:


Did ASUU go on strike for over 6 months under his watch?

Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.

Aldol:

Oga he never increased it, stop deceiving the populace
Same way doctors went on strike for 13 months, he never kept to agreement. The doctors just had to call of the strike when the masses were dying , they had no choice

Vanguard gathered that the lecturers said they were not interested in the salary increase but a salary scheme that would clearly spell out their conditions of service.

Heavens1stson:


Bro, read



Salary increase wasn't the issue, but 'scheme', according to them. Also check the dates. This one says 'November 2010' while the other one you are referring to says 'October 2010'.

Aldol:

Yes he deceived them but never kept to the agreement. Maybe I will look for the article and show you

Heavens1stson:


They continued the strike despite the salary increase.

Read

Heavens1stson:


Deceived gini? Check the dates, bro.

Also reread the post. They said they don't want salary increase but salary scheme. Nawa o.

Commentor:
After 6 months.

Can the students recover the 6 months lost?

Is it a sin for the students to have chosen Anambra state to further their education?

seunmsg:


That’s exactly my point. ASUU strikes are more complicated than limiting it to salary increment. That ASUU refused to call off the strike despite the increment is a good indication that Peter Obi lacked the basic understanding of what the problems were all about.

At national level, ASUU demands even gets more complicated. If Obi becomes president, I see ASUU going on strike for over a year. We must do everything to dodge this Obi bullet.

seunmsg:


That’s exactly my point. ASUU strikes are more complicated than limiting it to salary increment. That ASUU refused to call off the strike despite the increment is a good indication that Peter Obi lacked the basic understanding of what the problems were all about.

At national level, ASUU demands even gets more complicated. If Obi becomes president, I see ASUU going on strike for over a year. We must do everything to dodge this Obi bullet.

Aldol:

Go through this

https://www.nairaland.com/541948/ASUU-blames-peter-obi-south

ThatFairGuy1:
Will puting this on front page as counter Attack make Obi take other than 4th place in general election

Aldol:

Go through this

https://www.nairaland.com/541948/ASUU-blames-peter-obi-south

mycar:

It is better to take 6months to sort things out once and for all than having the same problem everyday for the rest of your life, Our civil service system needs cleansing, If we can take a year to sort out all our problem in Nigeria to enjoy forever after, I'm good. You have to dissect to fix and dissection is never pain free.

seunmsg:


That’s exactly my point. ASUU strikes are more complicated than limiting it to salary increment. That ASUU refused to call off the strike despite the increment is a good indication that Peter Obi lacked the basic understanding of what the problems were all about.

At national level, ASUU demands even gets more complicated. If Obi becomes president, I see ASUU going on strike for over a year. We must do everything to dodge this Obi bullet.