The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has called on Federal government to fulfil its side of agreement or face
strike action.
The National President of the
union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to him, no meaningful
development will be achieved if government fails to put issues concerning
education in the front burner for global reckoning and competitiveness.
Ogunyemi said reneging on
agreements the government willfully entered into with ASUU had remained a major
setback to the union’s efforts in taking the system to its deserved height.
He stated that just like the
Nigeria Labour Congress would not be held responsible for any action it may
take, should government failed to do the needful.
“We are very saddened at the way
government is handling the various agreements and Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) it has entered into with us.
“We have remained focused and
committed on our part to ensure that we keep our own side of the bargain, just
as we have equally been patient.
“Now, in the face of all this, we
still discover that government seems not bother about what might happen, and
that is why we are stating categorically that we will not hesitate to take
necessary action to get government to understand us in our struggle to
revitalise our universities.
“It is on this premise that we
are calling on government to take immediate and active steps to restore the much
needed sanity in our university system as well as the process of renegotiation
with the union, to avert any possible act that could disrupt the academic
calendar of Nigerian universities.
“NLC had been calling on
government to improve the wages of Nigerian workers, having reached several
agreements with it, which he said, is similar to that of ASUU.”
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