The latest news on the 2013 ASUU Strike is
that ASUU is planning to end the ongoing
strike mid-January next year. This is
according to faction of ASUU, UNILAG
Chapter. According to the faction leader, Dr
Adeyemi Daramola, the target of ASUU is to
call off the strike by mid-January of 2014.
Read the full details of the latest ASUU
Strike news update below:
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.
source: http://www.ngscholars.com/2013/11/ASUU-plans-call-strike-jan-2014-unilag-faction/

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