..Rejects federal government’s award of salary to University lecturers, with the very insulting increment

...Education of Nigerians is not a priority of government

...None of the genuine demands of ASUU has been given requisite attention by the federal government


Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has announced a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike action over what it termed government’s intransigence and lack of commitment to reaching agreement with the Union.

The body, in a statement issued by its Chairperson, Stephen Ufoaroh said the decision was in agreement with the National, Zonal and Branch leaderships targeted at saving the soul of nation’s public universities.

It accused Federal Government of paying lipservice to education, insisting there was no going back to the industrial action until all issues at stake were satisfactorily resolved.

The lecturers appealed for continued solidarity from parents, students and entire citizens in the struggle to give Nigerian youth quality education.

The statement reads in part, “Congress noted with dismay the continued imbroglio on the current lingering industrial action, occasioned by intransigence, and lack of commitment by government (both Federal and State) on the genuine demands of ASUU. 

“Congress decried various intrigues and lies to malign the reputation and genuine demands of ASUU by the Federal government, including various propaganda tools, campaign of calumny, falsehood and misinformation. Congress categorically debunked the various claims of Government as lies. 

On Government’s negligence and repudiation of the reports of the various Government Negotiating Committees (The Prof. Jibril Munzali Committee of May, 2021, and the just concluded Prof Nimi Brigg’s Committee), ASUU NAU Congress viewed the Federal government’s attitude as irresponsible, reprehensible and symptomatic of a divided and confused house. 

“Congress rejected the Federal government’s award of salary to University lecturers, with the very insulting award’ of 35% increment for Professors at bar and 25% for other levels of academics, on a take-it-or-leave-it-basis. 

“Congress observed that the award of salary negates the principle of collective bargaining, and an insult to the sensibilities of the finest intelligentsia of the nation’s human capital development.

“Congress observed that the education of Nigerians is not a priority of government; that the Strike could have been avoided if government had considered education a priority.

“On the press briefing by the Minister of Education on 17th August, 2022, Congress took note of the fruitless effort by the minister  to misinform Nigerians to the effect that every issue with ASUU has been resolved except the issue of salary arrears for the months ASUU had been on strike, which, as he stated, government was not willing to pay and would not pay, to serve as a deterrence to strike. 

We wish to state categorically that at no time was the issue of salary arrears discussed with the Minister, as no agreement has been reached on the important issues that necessitated the strike. This statement by the Minister is diversionary, irresponsible and condemnable. 

“And coming from a man who on 15th November, 2013 urged ASUU to continue the strike and expand the scope of its struggle, the failure of integrity test, the lack of character and the shock and disappointment of inconsistency is colossal to say the least.  

“Congress observed that none of the genuine demands of ASUU has been given requisite attention by the FGN. THESE ARE: Re-negotiation of the 2009 FG-ASUU Agreement; Adoption of UTAS (which came first in the test by the Government) as a replacement for IPPIS as a payment platform; Payment of salaries arrears  for academic staff; Payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA); Revitalization funds for the universities; Release of White Paper on Visitation Panels that concluded their assignment last year; and Non-proliferation of State  Universities. 

The much the Buhari-led administration has done was a promise of implementation of ASUU’s demand in 2023, when perhaps, he must have left office, thereby shifting his responsibility to the next government.  Congress viewed the government promissory note as abdication of responsibility.

“Against the backdrop of government’s intransigence and lack of commitment to reaching an agreement with ASUU on the contentious issues, after over six (6) months of industrial action, ASUU-NAU ultimately resolved for a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike going forward, until all issues at stake are satisfactorily resolved between the Union and the Federal Government.”

https://akelicious.net/2022/08/26/ASUU-unizik-announces-comprehensive-indefinite-strike/

Guys pick your laptops. This may continue till the end of the year. There is no time.

Aluta continua

Federal Universities are proceeding with the strike action now an indefinite strike.

APC cannot afford to spend money on the education of the poor masses and their children in an election year.

Surprisingly, a god forsaken State owned university like ABSU, where the good for nothing Governor, Okezie, owes the longest salary arrears, have announced a resumption from the strike.

Universities like ABSU, where politics and ethnicity comes before academic merit and good reasoning, will continue to remain backwards when their contemporaries make progress.

A university with missing accreditation for key courses, poor renumeration and welfare is calling off a strike action meant to address it's miserable condition made worst by playing ethnicity with an absent governor.

Abia State must be under some kind of spell and it's clearly God forsaken never God's own State!

Immatex:

Federal Universities are proceeding with the strike action now an indefinite strike.

APC cannot afford to spend money on the education of the poor masses and their children in an election year.

Surprisingly, a god forsaken State owned university like ABSU, where the good for nothing Governor, Okezie, owes the longest salary arrears, have announced a resumption from the strike.

Universities like ABSU, where politics and ethnicity comes before academic merit and good reasoning, will continue to remain backwards when their contemporaries make progress.

A university with missing accreditation for key courses, poor renumeration and welfare is calling off a strike action meant to address it's miserable condition made worst by playing ethnicity with an absent governor.

Abia State must be under some kind of spell and it's clearly God forsaken never God's own State!

You should know that Abia was never a Gods Own State.
That state has being in the hands of the devil, just imagine the set of governors that has ruled that state, from OUK to Ikepazu who's currently the governor.
What he knows best is to be traveling with Wike who has done well for his state, all he can boast of is building the first flyover in Aba for 7 years.
SHAME.

As for ASUU strike, if nothing happens before the year runs out, I've got another year added definitely.
Clearly I don't see the need why this guy's should continue the strike, all these universities that are releasing POST UTME forms, what are their target?
If at all Emmanuel Osodeke is going this way, he should be careful when school resumes, 'coz many students might lynch him, especially those he's denying the opportunity of graduating this year with the idea of japa next year and those ones he has denied NYSC due to age.

On God.

Okay they should continue, na hunger go chase them back to classroom very soon