Update on ASUU Strike
Students boot the bucket on to accept the sum brunt of the ASUU/FG face-off every bit varsities nationwide inwards Nigeria rest closed. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on its ain however, decided to describe out of the ongoing negotiations amongst the FG starting Thursday, 22nd August, 2013.
This is a piteous UPDATE on the lingering 2013 ASUU Strike - ASUU has pulled out of negotiations amongst the Federal Government. Following this development, if yous had hitherto believed that the ongoing ASUU strike volition come upwards to an halt soon, yous may get to get got a rethink. From all indications, this volition probable non move as well as the strike may non move coming to an halt anytime soon.
Read sum floor is below:
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Th announced its disengagement from farther negotiations amongst the Federal Government, over what it describes every bit the latter’s perceived insincerity inwards the 2009 understanding too every bit the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) both parties signed inwards Jan final year.
Related News: ASUU Gives Reasons Why Strike Must Continue
The spousal human relationship National President, MD Nassir Faggae Isa, said at a press briefing held at the University of Lagos on Th that the 2009 understanding as well as the MoU must outset move honoured, fifty-fifty if ASUU feels the postulate to reckon renegotiation amongst the government.
The spousal human relationship had embarked on a sum strike on July two over government‘s failure to honor the 2009 agreement.
Faggae said, “Consequently, our members are left amongst no other choice than to prosecute this strike to its logical conclusion. ASUU members nationwide are proverb this striker volition non move suspended until as well as unless the regime respects the 2009 understanding as well as makes concrete efforts to implement it inwards the best involvement of the country.”
According to him, during a coming together held betwixt ASUU as well as the regime instance on Monday, regime declared that it neither had whatever motive to revitalize world universities through committed funding, nor was it create to pay inwards sum the accumulated Earned Academic Allowances betwixt 2009 as well as 2013.
This came every bit the striking lecturers insisted that the industrial activeness would continue.
Representatives of the regime as well as the striking academy teachers met on Mon (19th August, 2013) inwards Abuja where issues on the strike topped the agenda of the meeting.
Although the Federal Government agreed to unloose the funds, the Academic Staff Union of Universities insisted that the offering did non run into the union’s funding requirement.
The leader of the regime negotiation squad as well as Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, made this known to journalists on Mon afterward a coming together amongst the ASUU leadership inwards the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
According to him, the Federal Government has sourced N100bn to boost infrastructure evolution inwards the nation’s universities.
He said, “The Federal Government has been able to harness close N100bn which Mr. President has agreed to approve from the outset calendar week of September.
“The infrastructure deficit inwards hostels, laboratories as well as libraries volition move addressed. Some volition move renovated spell others volition move constructed. Every academy volition move affected as well as each of the hostels volition accommodate 1,200 students.”
Anyim said the Federal Government had agreed to unloose N30bn to move paid according to the verifiable claims past times the governing councils of each of the universities.
The President of ASUU, MD Nasir Fagge, stated that the spousal human relationship would run into to accept determination over the novel development.
He said, “If yous hollo upwards the objective of going on this strike is to larn regime to implement the 2009 ASUU/FGN understanding as well as peculiarly to implement the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding nosotros reached amongst the regime inwards 2012.
“I desire to say that at today’s meeting, nosotros looked at all the issues inwards that MoU as well as it is clear to us that the Governor Suswam Committee that is working on the funding requirement for revitalising the academy system, peculiarly on the implementation of the needs Assessment report, it has non actually gone far inwards that aspect.”
Source: ThisDayOnline as well as The Punch
Students boot the bucket on to accept the sum brunt of the ASUU/FG face-off every bit varsities nationwide inwards Nigeria rest closed. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on its ain however, decided to describe out of the ongoing negotiations amongst the FG starting Thursday, 22nd August, 2013.
This is a piteous UPDATE on the lingering 2013 ASUU Strike - ASUU has pulled out of negotiations amongst the Federal Government. Following this development, if yous had hitherto believed that the ongoing ASUU strike volition come upwards to an halt soon, yous may get to get got a rethink. From all indications, this volition probable non move as well as the strike may non move coming to an halt anytime soon.
Read sum floor is below:
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Th announced its disengagement from farther negotiations amongst the Federal Government, over what it describes every bit the latter’s perceived insincerity inwards the 2009 understanding too every bit the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) both parties signed inwards Jan final year.
Related News: ASUU Gives Reasons Why Strike Must Continue
The spousal human relationship National President, MD Nassir Faggae Isa, said at a press briefing held at the University of Lagos on Th that the 2009 understanding as well as the MoU must outset move honoured, fifty-fifty if ASUU feels the postulate to reckon renegotiation amongst the government.
The spousal human relationship had embarked on a sum strike on July two over government‘s failure to honor the 2009 agreement.
Faggae said, “Consequently, our members are left amongst no other choice than to prosecute this strike to its logical conclusion. ASUU members nationwide are proverb this striker volition non move suspended until as well as unless the regime respects the 2009 understanding as well as makes concrete efforts to implement it inwards the best involvement of the country.”
According to him, during a coming together held betwixt ASUU as well as the regime instance on Monday, regime declared that it neither had whatever motive to revitalize world universities through committed funding, nor was it create to pay inwards sum the accumulated Earned Academic Allowances betwixt 2009 as well as 2013.
ASUU insists on strike every bit FG releases N130bn
Meanwhile, inwards a related development, the Federal Government has agreed to inject close N130bn into the academy arrangement to shore upwards infrastructure as well as back upwards the short town of lecturers’ earned allowance.This came every bit the striking lecturers insisted that the industrial activeness would continue.
Representatives of the regime as well as the striking academy teachers met on Mon (19th August, 2013) inwards Abuja where issues on the strike topped the agenda of the meeting.
Although the Federal Government agreed to unloose the funds, the Academic Staff Union of Universities insisted that the offering did non run into the union’s funding requirement.
The leader of the regime negotiation squad as well as Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, made this known to journalists on Mon afterward a coming together amongst the ASUU leadership inwards the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
According to him, the Federal Government has sourced N100bn to boost infrastructure evolution inwards the nation’s universities.
He said, “The Federal Government has been able to harness close N100bn which Mr. President has agreed to approve from the outset calendar week of September.
“The infrastructure deficit inwards hostels, laboratories as well as libraries volition move addressed. Some volition move renovated spell others volition move constructed. Every academy volition move affected as well as each of the hostels volition accommodate 1,200 students.”
Senator Anyim urge ASUU to provide to work
Also, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, said all issues had been resolved except the unpaid allowances.Anyim said the Federal Government had agreed to unloose N30bn to move paid according to the verifiable claims past times the governing councils of each of the universities.
The President of ASUU, MD Nasir Fagge, stated that the spousal human relationship would run into to accept determination over the novel development.
He said, “If yous hollo upwards the objective of going on this strike is to larn regime to implement the 2009 ASUU/FGN understanding as well as peculiarly to implement the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding nosotros reached amongst the regime inwards 2012.
“I desire to say that at today’s meeting, nosotros looked at all the issues inwards that MoU as well as it is clear to us that the Governor Suswam Committee that is working on the funding requirement for revitalising the academy system, peculiarly on the implementation of the needs Assessment report, it has non actually gone far inwards that aspect.”
Source: ThisDayOnline as well as The Punch
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