Why ASUU extends strike by 12 weeks

The Educational Employees Union of Universities (ASUU) has prolonged its ongoing strike for an additional 12 weeks as a consequence of what it described because the ‘Authorities’s failure to dwell as much as its obligations.’

This was confirmed by a press release issued and signed by its President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday after its Nationwide Government Council assembly on the Comrade Festus Iyayi Nationwide Secretariat, College of Abuja.

The group said that the choice was taken to provide the federal government sufficient time to satisfactorily resolve all of the excellent points. The roll-over strike was efficient from 12.01 am Might 9, 2021.

Why we prolong the strike- ASUU

It said, “After intensive deliberations, noting the Authorities’s failure to dwell as much as its obligations and speedily handle all the problems raised within the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Motion (MoA) inside the further eight-week roll–over strike interval declared on 14th March 2022, NEC resolved that the strike be rolled over for twelve weeks to provide Authorities extra time to satisfactorily resolve all of the excellent points.

“The roll-over strike motion is with impact from 12.01 a.m. on Monday, ninth Might 2022. The Nationwide Government Council (NEC) of the Educational Employees Union of Universities (ASUU) held an emergency assembly on Sunday, eighth Might 2022 on the Comrade Festus Iyayi Nationwide Secretariat, College of Abuja, Abuja.

“The assembly was referred to as to evaluation developments because the Union declared an eight-week whole and complete roll-over strike motion on the finish of its emergency NEC assembly on the Comrade Festus Iyayi Nationwide Secretariat, College of Abuja, Abuja on 14th March 2022. The strike motion got here on the heels of the Authorities’s failure to satisfactorily implement the Memorandum of Motion (MoA) it signed with the Union in December 2020 on the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Settlement, deployment of the College Transparency and Accountability Resolution (UTAS), Earned Educational Allowances (EAA), funding for revitalization of public universities (each Federal and States), proliferation and governance points in State Universities, promotion arrears, withheld salaries (owed for over 20 months in some circumstances), and Non-emittance of third-party deductions.”

It alleged that the three-man Committee arrange by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 1st February 2022 to resolve the lingering points between ASUU and FGN had not referred to as a single assembly up to now.

“NEC was equally disillusioned that ASUU’s solely assembly with the Professor Nimi Briggs-led Renegotiation Committee didn’t replicate the anticipated stage of understanding, preparation and readability that undergird collective bargaining going by the Committee’s confession of “going about consulting stakeholders”. Until pressing steps are taken to redirect the Committee on concluding a draft Settlement that has been pending since Might 2021, its actions might find yourself as one other wild goose chase,” it added.

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Nairametrics had reported the confusion surrounding the ASUU strike, because the union alleged that the Federal Authorities doesn’t take the problem severely as anticipated.

This was confirmed by ASUU when it said that it did not obtain any discover of a gathering, which was supposed to carry on Sunday, from the Ministry of Labour and Employment over its ongoing strike.

In response to ASUU, the Minister had not referred to as its members and the group shouldn’t be begging them to fulfill and won’t go to them if there is no such thing as a invitation.

Osodeke, defined that the union had but to obtain any discover of a gathering from any Federal Authorities ministry.

• He mentioned, “No, we have now not obtained any discover of assembly from them. They didn’t name us. We’re not begging them to fulfill with us and we won’t go to them if they don’t invite us. It’s a part of his (Ngige’s) political marketing campaign, we didn’t obtain an invitation.
• “No assembly, if we don’t hear from them, our Nationwide Government Council will meet on the expiration of this week.”
• There are indications that ASUU might prolong its 12-week outdated strike after members of its Nationwide Government Council held an important assembly in Abuja to deliberate on the strike.
• The group mentioned that it could take such a call because of the alleged ‘insincerity’ of the federal government delegation to fulfill as much as its a part of the settlement.
• In the meantime, the Commerce Union Congress in Kogi State additionally blames the Federal Authorities for the lingering strike.
• He alleged that the physique language of President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the ongoing strike confirmed that his regime had no plan for the way forward for Nigerian youths.
• Ojo, whereas expressing worries over the continual disaster rocking the nation’s academic sector, defined that college students are at all times on the receiving finish when unions down instruments to press dwelling their calls for.

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