Nigerians have been informed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, that the current strike will go on as long as the Federal Government has not called the union for a meeting.
This information was provided in an interview with newsmen by Dr. Kassim Umaru, the branch chairman of the ASUU, during the organization’s Congress on Tuesday at the University’s Mini Campus in Gwagwalada.
In addition, Umaru pressed the Federal Government to list any actions taken to end the current strike.
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He said that Congress discussed the strike-related problems and fiercely declared and rejected the offer made by the Federal Government, adding that the National Executive Council (NEC) would meet at the conclusion of the four-week deadline to take its final decision.
Umaru said, “As far as we’re concerned, the federal government hasn’t done anything to our various demands.
“The federal government should tell the Nigerian public what they’ve done. The two committees that were set up, the Nimi Briggs committee, the Jubrin committee, were set up and these committees had their recommendations.”
He added, “Our salaries are always negotiated. It’s not something you feel you can pay us. It’s something that you have to sit down to talk and agree that you can pay us.
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“As far as we are concerned, our job is different from any other civil servants; it’s the job you are going back to do. You’re not paying for an hour. You’re paying for the job we have done, so it’s their responsibility to pay us and if they said they’re not paying us, it is a joke taken too far.
“As it’s, they have not called our union and Nigerians should know that we’ve not been called, no invitation to our union and all that we know is that the strike continues.”
Recall that on February 14, ASUU forced the closure of public universities due to the Federal Government’s failure to carry out prior agreements that both sides had signed.
University Transparency Accountability Solution, earned academic allowances, promotion backlogs, and other issues are among the grievances raised by the lecturers.
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