As the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, holds its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Calabar, Cross River State, there is a tangible fear of a new round of strikes at Nigerian public universities.
The meeting began yesterday, Saturday, November 3, and is still happening at the time of filing this report.
ASUU has been mired in a labor dispute with the Nigerian government over unmet promises and the government’s persistent unwillingness to pay its workers the eight-month withholding salaries from the Union’s previous strike.
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Remember that the Union put off its eight-month strike on October 14, 2022, thanks to the intervention of House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila.
However, the government insisted on enforcing the ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy during the time the university employees were absent from their duties.
A member of the ASUU’s NEC verified to Newsmen from Calabar, the capital of Cross Rivers State, that the Union is now meeting.
“Yes, we have been meeting, and the meeting is still ongoing
There is no picture now because no decision has been taken.
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“The issue is that we are just taking reports; for now, we have not reached the issue of withheld salaries,” he said.
Meanwhile, ASUU) instructed its members last week to protest the problem of eight months of unpaid wages.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, ASUU members from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and the University of Ibadan (UI) joined the protest to urge their demands.
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