18, December 2020
It's so disappointing to be checking the breaking news in Nigeria everyday waiting for ASUU to call off the strike that they've embarked on since March 2020.
The ongoing ASUU strike between lecturers and the Federal Government happens to be in conjunction with the Covid-19 lockdown that was enforced at the first wave of the virus.
ASUU has been on strike for about nine months due to the federal government’s alleged inability to meet the 2009 agreement reached.
Recently, the federal government also promised to pay all outstanding allowances owed the union.
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, on Thursday, released the statement below saying the Federal government had met all demands that triggered the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
He therefore urged the university teacher to be patriotic and call off the strike, saying the facts on ground do no longer support the union’s industrial action.
The minister, in a statement by his Media Officer, said only ASUU leaders could tell why members were yet to return to the classroom to the frustration of students and their parents.
In a statement released by the office of the Minister, ASUU’s comment has been described as “baseless and dishonest”, as the Union is accused of bluntly refusing “to reciprocate the Federal Government offers.”
The FG said there was no basis for ASUU’s prolonged strike as it had already acted on the demands the Union made before embarking on the strike action.
Recall that some week back the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was offered N75 billion for Earned Academic Allowance and revitalisation by the Federal Government in a bid to end ASUU strike.
From aaebie9ine.blogspot.com
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