NUT threatens solidarity hit amongst ASUU
Members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) bring threatened to downward tools nationwide inwards solidarity amongst the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who bring been on hit for roughly 3 months.
NUT President, Michael Olukoya, handed downward the threat inwards Abuja on Th on behalf of the wedlock members, although he gave no clue on the appointment for the strike.
The NUT threat is coming simply equally lecturers at the Benue State University (BSU) called the bluff of the nation Governor, Gabriel Suswam, who vowed to reopen the academy if they (dons) failed to dorsum out of the ongoing hit past times ASUU.
The BSU chapter of the ASUU warned the Governor that it would non succumb to arm-twisting tactics to telephone band off the sympathy strike.
According to Olukoya, ASUU should non bulge inwards the confront of intimidation past times the Federal Government, adding that NUT stands solidly behind them inwards their struggle.
“The NUT volition non hesitate to solidarise amongst ASUU if the Federal Government fails to award the existing understanding reached amongst them inwards 2009.
“This constant posture of regime non to award agreements amongst diverse unions poses dandy threat to existent evolution of the teaching sector. It also negates government’s frequent talks of commitment to developing the teaching sector.
“We meet the electrical flow fighting of ASUU equally genuinely nationalistic, patriotic together with self sacrificing, nosotros commend our academy teachers for remaining solid together with immovable inwards the confront of all threats.
“May nosotros telephone band on the Federal Government to demonstrate responsiveness together with like patriotism past times acceding to the take away of ASUU, which nosotros visit reasonable, simply together with fair.
...criticizes governments of Kogi, Benue together with Cross river
Olukoya also castigated the governments of Kogi, Benue together with Cross River states over their refusal to implement the minimum wage together with 27.5 per cent Teachers Professional Enhanced Allowance for teachers inwards their states.
He solicited the intervention of the National Assembly to telephone band the affected nation governments to order.
And rising from its congress on Th inwards Makurdi, the BSU ASUU chapter Chairman, David Ikoni, who described Suswam’s threat to forcefully reopen the BSU equally “mere political propaganda to blackmail lecturers”, vowed that the wedlock would transcend away on amongst the strike.
While noting that the BSU executive of ASUU lacked the ability to suspend the ongoing strike, he said exclusively the National Executive Council of ASUU has the powers to telephone band it off.
“The hit embarked upon past times BSU ASUU is a national hit together with non a local one. The branch exco has no ability to suspend the strike.
“We are a wedlock together with nosotros bring modalities which has to endure followed logically. The NEC of ASUU called this hit together with it is exclusively when they inquire us to telephone band it off that nosotros volition produce so.”
Ikoni warned that ASUU would non succumb to whatever blackmail, threat or intimidation past times the Governor to telephone band off the strike.
In the tilt issued together with signed on behalf of fellow member institutions inwards the zone comprising Lagos, Oyo, together with Ogun states, Acting Zonal Coordinator, Karo Ogbinaka, stated that the Ibadan zone of the wedlock remains committed to the faithful implementation of the 2009 understanding it reached amongst the Federal Government.
Also on Thursday, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) gave the Federal Government an ultimatum to bring together the ongoing hit past times ASUU from Mon over non-payment of their August salary past times government.
SSANU’s leadership has written letters to Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, Vice Chancellors of some federal universities, Minister of Labour together with Productivity, Emeka Wogu, Supervisory Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, together with the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie, on the union’s take away together with its adjacent business of action.
The honor of hit was made world past times SSANU’s General Secretary, Promise Adewusi, on Th inwards Abuja.
He said the wedlock had already given directive to its members to mobilise for the strike, adding that it has transcend away imperative for them inwards the confront of regime refusal to pay their outstanding August salary.
Source: Daily Independent
Members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) bring threatened to downward tools nationwide inwards solidarity amongst the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who bring been on hit for roughly 3 months.
NUT President, Michael Olukoya, handed downward the threat inwards Abuja on Th on behalf of the wedlock members, although he gave no clue on the appointment for the strike.
The NUT threat is coming simply equally lecturers at the Benue State University (BSU) called the bluff of the nation Governor, Gabriel Suswam, who vowed to reopen the academy if they (dons) failed to dorsum out of the ongoing hit past times ASUU.
The BSU chapter of the ASUU warned the Governor that it would non succumb to arm-twisting tactics to telephone band off the sympathy strike.
Reasons for the NUT threat
The NUT president, piece expressing solidarity amongst the ASUU, noted that Federal Government’s lukewarm mental attitude to accede to the lecturers’ demands was unjust together with unfair.According to Olukoya, ASUU should non bulge inwards the confront of intimidation past times the Federal Government, adding that NUT stands solidly behind them inwards their struggle.
“The NUT volition non hesitate to solidarise amongst ASUU if the Federal Government fails to award the existing understanding reached amongst them inwards 2009.
“This constant posture of regime non to award agreements amongst diverse unions poses dandy threat to existent evolution of the teaching sector. It also negates government’s frequent talks of commitment to developing the teaching sector.
“We meet the electrical flow fighting of ASUU equally genuinely nationalistic, patriotic together with self sacrificing, nosotros commend our academy teachers for remaining solid together with immovable inwards the confront of all threats.
“May nosotros telephone band on the Federal Government to demonstrate responsiveness together with like patriotism past times acceding to the take away of ASUU, which nosotros visit reasonable, simply together with fair.
...criticizes governments of Kogi, Benue together with Cross river
Olukoya also castigated the governments of Kogi, Benue together with Cross River states over their refusal to implement the minimum wage together with 27.5 per cent Teachers Professional Enhanced Allowance for teachers inwards their states.
He solicited the intervention of the National Assembly to telephone band the affected nation governments to order.
And rising from its congress on Th inwards Makurdi, the BSU ASUU chapter Chairman, David Ikoni, who described Suswam’s threat to forcefully reopen the BSU equally “mere political propaganda to blackmail lecturers”, vowed that the wedlock would transcend away on amongst the strike.
While noting that the BSU executive of ASUU lacked the ability to suspend the ongoing strike, he said exclusively the National Executive Council of ASUU has the powers to telephone band it off.
“The hit embarked upon past times BSU ASUU is a national hit together with non a local one. The branch exco has no ability to suspend the strike.
“We are a wedlock together with nosotros bring modalities which has to endure followed logically. The NEC of ASUU called this hit together with it is exclusively when they inquire us to telephone band it off that nosotros volition produce so.”
Ikoni warned that ASUU would non succumb to whatever blackmail, threat or intimidation past times the Governor to telephone band off the strike.
Ibadan Zone reaffirm stand, equally SSANU warns FG on impending strike
The Ibadan zone of ASUU also inwards a tilt on Th announced the continuation of strike.In the tilt issued together with signed on behalf of fellow member institutions inwards the zone comprising Lagos, Oyo, together with Ogun states, Acting Zonal Coordinator, Karo Ogbinaka, stated that the Ibadan zone of the wedlock remains committed to the faithful implementation of the 2009 understanding it reached amongst the Federal Government.
Also on Thursday, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) gave the Federal Government an ultimatum to bring together the ongoing hit past times ASUU from Mon over non-payment of their August salary past times government.
SSANU’s leadership has written letters to Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, Vice Chancellors of some federal universities, Minister of Labour together with Productivity, Emeka Wogu, Supervisory Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, together with the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie, on the union’s take away together with its adjacent business of action.
The honor of hit was made world past times SSANU’s General Secretary, Promise Adewusi, on Th inwards Abuja.
He said the wedlock had already given directive to its members to mobilise for the strike, adding that it has transcend away imperative for them inwards the confront of regime refusal to pay their outstanding August salary.
Source: Daily Independent
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