Good News! Stop The Fake News We Are Not Resuming Strike, ASUU President Declares
The umbrella body of academicians in the country’s public universities known as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday refuted reports making the rounds that the association is embarking on another industrial action
Reports had it that ASUU was thinking of embarking on another industrial action.However, the National President of the ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, dismissed the report as false.In a tweet via its official Twitter handle, Ogunyemi was quoted as saying: “Disclaimer: The Academic Staff Union of Universities has denied embarking on another strike or making any fresh demands.
“The president of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview yesterday said the reports that the union had embarked on another strike are false.Please disregard such news.” ASUU Strike 2019 has been called off, and the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU, has stated the reason why the strike was actually called off.
It will be recalled that ASUU officially suspends over 3 months strike, which is 95 Days of Strike. ASUU has warned that this is just a suspension of the strike and not an outright call-off.The strike was called off after a two-hour meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige. After reaching an agreement with the Federal Government. This information was disclosed on the official twitter handle of the union. According to ASUU, academic activities will resume immediately as from tomorrow, 8th Feb, 2019
The NEC has decided that the STRIKE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.
Academic activities resume tomorrow.#ASUUstrikehasbeensuspended.
— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) February 7, 2019
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@ASUUNGR
Before you un-follow, remember that this is a suspension not an outright call-off.
If government reneges on our memorandum of agreement, @ASUUNGR will be embark on another industrial action with full force.
This is just a friendly reminder.
FG is committed to the implementation of the FGN-ASUU 2013 (MoU) and in consonance with this commitment; Government will be releasing the sum of 25bn only in the period April/May 2019, as a sign of good faith.
This was contained in a Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed by ASUU and the Federal Government on Thursday. Highlights of the Memorandum of Action include the following;
Why ASUU Strike Was Suspended
*. In addition to the N20 billion for 2018, the sum of N25 billion only would be released in April/May 2019, after which government would resume full implementation of the MoU of 2013.
*. Part-payment of the outstanding arrears of the earned academic allowances; defraying the balance up to 2018 in 4 tranches within 36 months; and mainstreaming further payments of EAA into the annual budgets beginning from 2019 budget.
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