ASUU—ACADEMIC STAFF UNIVERSITY UNION, NATION WIDE STRIKE EMBARKED ON 4TH, NOVEMBER 2018.
ASUU WILL RESUME NEGOTIATIONS WITH FG ON MONDAY, 7TH JAN, 2019,
ASUU STRIKE!!
An unprecedented trait to Nigerian Students that has within a short interval metamorphosis from DAYS to WEEKS and Sadly to MONTHS now.
During the course of this strike, ASUU has held Five(5) Meetings with FG on Dialogue & Negotiations of which in one of the meetings accommodate the EXECUTIVE OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA STUDENTS, NANS of which the opportunity was seized by the gallant executives to narrate how the strike has affected us and why it should be called off sooner.
I applaud the brave NANS EXECUTIVES led administration of Comr. Bamidele Akpan,
On their bold step towards participating in the bid to end the Seven (7) Weeks Academic Strike Action.
Below are the core reasons ASUU embarked on a Nation Wide Indefinite Strike Action ‚

• Collapse of the 2017/2018 Renegotiation of the 2009 FGN -ASUU AGREEMENT due to government's insistence on the introducing of exorbitant fees beyond the reach if Nigerians.
• Non Implementation of the component of the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoA).
• Non release of over one trillion naira arrears of revitalization fund for public universities in Nigeria (2009-2017).
• Failure to mainstream the payment of earned academic allowances into the Annual Budget.
• Failure to pay arrears of shortfall in salaries in universities that have been verified under the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Auditing (PICA).
• Failure to release the operational license of the National Universities Pension Management Company (NupemCo) to present retirement problems.
• Poor funding of state universities, Non-implementation of the earned academic allowances ( EAA) and Non payment of arrears of consolidated university Academic Salary structure (CONSUASS) in various state universities.
ASUU UNION LEADER stated in one of the vital meetings, Two basic conditions that could make ASUU suspend the ongoing strike
1. Implementation of the 2017 agreement between both parties.
2. Disbandment of the federal government committee headed by Senior Lawyer Wale Babalakin.
The Negotiation was spare headed earlier by the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adumu and was lately after much failed negotiation, adopted the experienced intellect of the Minister of Labour & Productivity, Sen. Chris Ngige.
Aminu Suleiman, Chairman of House of Representative Committee on Tertiary Education Service made a great note in one of the meetings held which I found important,
He said,
“There is need for both parties to go beyond resolving the current strike action and agree on lasting solutions that will make strike action in educational sector a thing of the past.
Yes, It is Possible, A THING OF THE PAST!!!
ASUU KEPT ON REPEATING THEIR SOLE REASON OF STRIKE ACTION
Noting that,
ASUU wants to rescue the educational sector from imminent collapse and to ensure that the children of the poor gets access to quality and affordable educational experience.
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MY PATROTIC CONTRIBUTION ON THE EDUCATIONAL BUDGET ALLOCATION IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD SIGINIFICANTLY IMPROVE NATION'S EDUCATIONAL BUDGET AND FUNDING IN EDUCATION FOR RAPID SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Moreover, A SOCIETY THAT DOES NOT PLACE EDUCATION AT THE FORE FRONT CAN NEVER STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
”Ibekwe Arinze I.
Student of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus
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