ACADEMIC Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, has described as
speculative reports that the strike
embarked upon by the union over the
inability of the Federal Government to
implement the 2009 agreement it
willingly entered into with the union
would be called off this Thursday.
National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir
Fagge, told Vanguard that he was
surprised to hear that the union was
going to call off the strike on Thursday
when the issues tabled before
government had not been resolved.
Faggae said: “There is nothing like that
(suspending the strike). I am also
surprised to hear people say that we
are going to call off the strike.
He said: “Our members have made it
categorically clear what they want.
This meeting we had with government
on Friday at the office of the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation,
SGF, is just exploratory.
“We are trying to look at issues
holistically and see how we are going
to address them. So assignments
were given to various people that
attended the meeting and the
expectation is that we will meet
tomorrow (today), Monday and look
at the assignment given and also look
at it on Thursday again.
“So, that is why I’m surprised to hear
people say that we are going to
suspend strike on Thursday. The
mandate of our members is very
clear. So, we will wait and see what
the Monday and Thursday meetings
unfold and then we report back to
our members.”
On how long it would take ASUU
leaders to convene a meeting with its
members after the meeting with
government on Thursday, the ASUU
boss said “we are in constant
consultation with our members, we
don’t really have problems with that.
“After the meeting, we will decide
when to link up with our members
depending upon what is placed on
table on Thursday.”
Commenting on the speculation that
the union might suspend the strike if
the government met up to 50 per cent
of the agreement, Faggae said the
union would prefer to get to the
bridge before crossing it.
He commended the positive
disposition of the Joint Senate and
House of Representatives Committee
on Education towards the resolution
of the crisis.
Fagge added: “For us, the interaction
we have had with the Joint Committee
clearly indicates that they are
concerned like other Nigerians”.
“This is expected of the
representatives of people. You see the
problem has always been that the
executive arm of government does
not really hearken to advise that are
given on how best to address the
problems on education in this
country.
“We are convinced as a union that the
only thing the government can really
do for Nigerians is to avail them of
education.
“Once you are able to do that, you will
see that people will be able to
generate jobs and they will be able to
take care of themselves and contribute
to nation building. So that is the
argument we are placing on the
table.”


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May God arise for this strike issue!�

this is 2013 news jare!!!