ASUU STRIKE: ASUU May Extend Strike By 4 Months (16 weeks), Says FG Has Zero Feelings For Students, Parents


The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that its ongoing warning strike may be extended for 16 weeks due to failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands.

ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, told THE WHISTLER in a phone interview at the weekend that if at the end of its two months strike the government has not made any concrete steps to address their demands, the Union would meet and decide if they should commence a 16-week roll-over strike.

The ongoing strike which began on February 14 is now in its seventh week.

Osodeke said, “At the end of these two months, we will meet, evaluate the situation and if the government has not done anything, my congress will also advise that we should roll over the strike again. Maybe for 16 weeks.”

According to him, the government does not care about the plight of the Nigerian students or their parents because people in the government don’t send their children to schools in the country.

“This is what we’ve been saying since the beginning. These people don’t have any feelings for the Nigerian students or their parents, and they have no feelings for the system just because their children are not here.

“If their children were students here, they would’ve taken action long ago, solved the problem, and then schools resume. They have just made it clear now that they don’t care about these children,” he explained.

The ASUU President stressed that the Federal Government has made no attempt to meet with them to negotiate terms on how to end the ongoing strike.

“There has been no meeting to resolve the issue between ASUU and the FG. They’ve not reached out, we are still waiting for them.

He added, “The government is not really interested in education. If they were interested, they wouldn’t allow the strike to last more than 1 week but this is the 7th week and they’ve not made any comment.”

Asked what he thinks about the protests by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over the strike, Osodeke said the students have a right to protest seeing as the system is not working for them.

“As Nigerians, they have a right to protest if the system is not working because we have given our own reason why we are on strike.

“It is in the interest of the students and the whole community so as students they have the right to protest,” he said.

ASUU had commenced a warning strike on February 14, 2022, to intensify its demands which include the renegotiation of its 2009 agreement with the government and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) to replace the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

On March 14th, the Union extended the strike by two months, until May 14th, indicating that the strike is not a fresh one but rather a continuation of the 10-month strike which began in March 2020 and was suspended on December 23, 2020.

Other demands by ASUU include payment of earned academic allowances, funds for the revitalization of public universities, promotion arrears, and poor funding of state universities.

ASUU has also insisted on the release of the reports of the government’s visitation panels to federal universities and regular payment of salary to lecturers.

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Wahala

Datikwerreboi:
Wahala

No they finish

As this post did not concerned me,, i want to use this medium to extend my greetings to the family of Nebuchadnezzar,.. though i was very tender in age when it happened, if he obeyed the comendment of God he wouldn't have suffered that way. May the soul of the saint rest in peace Amen.

Bleep Federal Govt
Bleep ASUU

Students should stage a endsars kinda protest!

Damn... ASUU make una continue jare.
Shey lecturers be wood ni, or them no get families ni?
This govt is just seriously damned and unconcerned about the plight of the students

Evil government!!!

Buhari
This man won finish Nigeria before he commot

Some bastards go still feel say better person go enter after this fool
Make una open eyes,this man get canals

APC are useless

Thunder go fire any nairalander wey vote for Buhari...

APC failed woefully !

If it continues
Then, I'm

When The Lord Turns Away The Captivity Of Zion They Were Like Dreamers.

Just Like A Dream The Lord Will Come To Our Rescue When We Least Expect It, Our Help Cometh From The Lord.

Dear Fellow Nigerian Students Faint Not, Never Lost Hope But Believe That At An Appointed Time The Lord Will Put Our Adversaries To Shame, Be It The Federal Government.

Savagr:
If it continues
Then, I'm

you are nothing but a winner, hustle and Keep Yourself Busy Till The Lord Come To Our Rescue. Don't Think Any Less Or Negative Of Yourself Believe That With Or Without The Government Doing Something You'll Be Somebody Some Day

Ogamysamo:
you are nothing but a winner, hustle and Keep Yourself Busy Till The Lord Come To Our Rescue. Don't Think Any Less Or Negative Of Yourself Believe That With Or Without The Government Doing Something You'll Be Somebody Some Day

Motivational speaker, sanu

Wahala for who still dey reason say he be student

Mystic216:
Motivational speaker, sanu

Sannu 2.

What are the youths waiting for? By now I expect a massive protest similar to the End sars protest, Nigeria government only understand the language of "ACTIONS", I feel sorry for the student the don't deserve all this

Ogamysamo:
you are nothing but a winner, hustle and Keep Yourself Busy Till The Lord Come To Our Rescue. Don't Think Any Less Or Negative Of Yourself Believe That With Or Without The Government Doing Something You'll Be Somebody Some Day

thanks alot

I think the solution lies in the hands of Nigerian students

They should just talk to Buhari in the language he understands

This strike is just frustrating me

No problems. Aluta continua

However, if the government knows that they cannot take actions towards ending the strike, then they should ensure they don't pay salary to the striking lecturers while the strike lasts. I'm sure the lecturers are ready to sacrifice their salaries in their "patriotic" struggle for a better university system.

It's like magic. Everyone can clearly see what's happening but there's an eerie silence in the land. Amazing!

By the time this strike ends:
Students no go know wetin dem admit dem for school for again,
Lecturers no go know how to teach again,
Some non-academic staff for don turn market men and women,
Laboratory staff for don start to dey do taxi business!

sinkhole:
By the time this strike ends:
Students no go know wetin dem admit dem for school for again,
Lecturers no go know how to teach again,
Some non-academic staff for don turn market men and women,
Laboratory staff for don start to dey do taxi business!

OK. Provided lecturers don't receive salaries while the strike lasts!

We all are ready to make sacrifices for a better university system.

Are lecturers getting paid during strike?

dopedan:
Are lecturers getting paid during strike?

That's the injustice. Students are actually at the receiving end 100%

If u are university student pls and pls engage urself with a skills.


Learn hand work o

This government cannot even surprise everybody and do one damn good thing before they leave...

Jman06:
OK. Provided lecturers don't receive salaries while the strike lasts!

We all are ready to make sacrifices for a better university system.

I support you.

Cause most of the time some of them still day receive pay, I just sorry for the common lecturers na them the thing go hammar

1 month, 2 months, 4 months now and maybe 8 months by sequence? come on ASUU, not cool.

Haah this people want to finish us totally!

Wallahi mame dem even go for 1 year sef cause this govt is extremely useless. ASUU issue is there unresolved and all they can think of is investing billions into acquiring loe detectors. Lie detectors to catch who? Same thieves that faint diring interrogation and afterwards we would not hear anything about the case again? We are not ready!!