Strong indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, may consider going back on strike following the federal government inability to honour the agreement it reached with the government during the last ASUU strike.
This development is coming few months after the union suspended its six-month-old strike that grounded the university system last year.
The union, through its National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, lamented that the Federal Government was yet to honour the agreement that N20 billion would be released at the beginning of each quarter to meet identified needs in universities.
Aremu, during an interview with newsmen at the Post Graduate Hall, University of Ibadan, weekend, said, “This is February and the government is yet to release the money for the quarter.”
According to him, the call was necessary to avoid the embarrassment that the last strike caused the nation.
His words, “All the strike ASUU had embarked upon in this country were basically because the Federal Government failed to honour agreements freely entered with us.
“It is also sad that each time, before we begin the strike, we would give the government enough warnings and grace to make them retrace their steps, but they will always fail.
“We don’t know why the government is always unwilling to implement the documents signed by their representatives. However, we will continue to fight for the system because if the system collapses, we will collapse with it.”
Adding his voice to the development, ASUU chairman, UI chapter, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, said it was unfortunate that successive governments in Nigeria failed to learn from history as they always wait until major standoff with their members before doing the needful.
This development is coming few months after the union suspended its six-month-old strike that grounded the university system last year.
The union, through its National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, lamented that the Federal Government was yet to honour the agreement that N20 billion would be released at the beginning of each quarter to meet identified needs in universities.
Aremu, during an interview with newsmen at the Post Graduate Hall, University of Ibadan, weekend, said, “This is February and the government is yet to release the money for the quarter.”
According to him, the call was necessary to avoid the embarrassment that the last strike caused the nation.
His words, “All the strike ASUU had embarked upon in this country were basically because the Federal Government failed to honour agreements freely entered with us.
“It is also sad that each time, before we begin the strike, we would give the government enough warnings and grace to make them retrace their steps, but they will always fail.
“We don’t know why the government is always unwilling to implement the documents signed by their representatives. However, we will continue to fight for the system because if the system collapses, we will collapse with it.”
Adding his voice to the development, ASUU chairman, UI chapter, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, said it was unfortunate that successive governments in Nigeria failed to learn from history as they always wait until major standoff with their members before doing the needful.
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