ASUU threatens with indefinite strike as government refuse to comply

 Academic Staff Union of Universities threatens with indefinite strike after an attempt by the Senate to reach consensus between them and the government failed after an eight-hour meeting on Monday, November 21.


 The news was made public by Dr. Ifeanyi Abada, the chairman of the university of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter of the ASUU.

  He said : “ASUU was left with no option than to proceed on the one-week warning strike; failure to meet our demands, we will go on an indefinite strike.

  The National Executive Committee made efforts to resolve this issue with the government but government remained unyielding.

 The strike compliance in UNN is total, no lectures, no
examinations, no departmental and faculty meetings, as
members will not participate.
UNN chapter will not renege on the directive of the national
body until government addresses all the issues raised.

  Our monitoring team is moving round; any lecturer found
teaching will be sanctioned accordingly.”

  Recall that the warning strike was declared after the failure
of the government to implement terms of the 2009 and 2013
agreements.

  The agreements included: payments of staff entitlements
since December 2015, funding of universities for
revitalisation, pension, TSA and university autonomy and
renegotiation of 2009 agreement.