ASUU Begins Indefinite Strike
Lecturers inward populace universities today (Monday, July 1st 2013) began an indefinite smasher over Federal Government’s refusal to implement agreement reached alongside the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The ASUU National President, MD Isa Fagge, said inward Lagos on Mon that the conclusion to embark on the activeness was reached during the National Executive Council coming together of the spousal human relationship held at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State on Monday.
He spoke alongside newsmen via the telephone afterwards the Chairman, University of Lagos chapter of ASUU, MD Karo Ogbinaka, had told journalists that the smasher would live on total.
“The smasher starts today (Monday) as well as it is going to final for every bit long every bit the Federal Government wants it,” he said.
He explained that the spousal human relationship embarked on the smasher because the authorities had reneged on the understanding it reached alongside ASUU earlier the lecturers suspended a similar activeness inward Feb 2012.
“The Federal Government has refused to implement about of the issues contained inward a 2009 understanding it had alongside us,” he said.
Fagge added that the authorities had also reneged on the Memorandum of Understanding it entered into alongside the spousal human relationship inward Dec 2011.
“Before now, at that topographic point has been this lawsuit of the implementation of the commutation issues contained inward the 2009 understanding nosotros entered into alongside the Federal Government.
“We have got had several meetings as well as deliberations to allow authorities sympathise why these issues must live on resolved but it is similar the to a greater extent than nosotros run into as well as deliberate, the messier the lawsuit gets.
“One of the issues that needed to live on addressed was basically that of the academic earned allowance.
“This earned allowance, as well as other issues, had dragged on until authorities as well as then agreed to write an MOU alongside the union.
“But every bit nosotros speak, at that topographic point has been nix to present that authorities was committed to an MOU it willingly wrote to improve the academy sector.
“It is inward this visit that nosotros are embarking on an indefinite strike,” he said.
Fagge said that having waited patiently for the authorities to honour the agreement, the ASUU decided to meet, deliberate as well as come upward up alongside the action.
Also, Ogbinaka said government’s penchant for reneging on agreements was non acceptable to the union.
He said that authorities entered into the MOU alongside ASUU afterwards the spousal human relationship suspended its smasher 2 as well as a one-half years ago.
Ogbinaka who admitted that authorities had implemented the lxx years retirement historic catamenia for professors as well as the pension committee for academy workers, noted that authorities had non been forthcoming on the earned allowance demand of the lecturers.
“I desire to nation that non all lecturers are entitled to this allowance, but every bit nosotros speak, non a unmarried lecturer nether the aforementioned categories has received whatsoever such allowance.
“What nosotros are demanding every bit the earned allowance is non to a greater extent than than N12, 500 per person, all the same authorities is maxim it cannot afford such.
“Government was genuinely thinking of the toll implication of everything but afterwards much deliberation, authorities agreed to sign the MoU as well as said it had gear upward aside N100bn to bring help of all the burning issues.
“However, authorities came dorsum to us as well as pleaded for a reduction as well as nosotros decided to footstep the toll downward to fourscore per cent. That non enough, it also appealed for about other reduction to l per cent.
“This l per cent, authorities said, volition live on a i off payment; that it was from that l per cent that nosotros shall bring help of everything, including the earned allowance.
“This did non larn downward good alongside us as well as thence nosotros decided to run into as well as bring the conclusion nosotros have got only taken,” he said.
According to him, the Nigerian third didactics sector is where it is because of inadequate funding.
He said that i of the reasons why at that topographic point were no unusual scholars inward the organization was because of the pathetic wages.
“When nosotros agitate close earned allowance, nosotros are also using it every bit a agency of attracting unusual scholars thence it is non all close our personal interest.
“We are also using it to address the lawsuit of encephalon drain inward the system. As it were, our best brains are all drifting into industries as well as other sectors that volition pay them better, rather than ploughing dorsum into the academic sector.
“To us, it is all close looking at a bigger painting present as well as putting things inward the correct place,’’ he said.
The spousal human relationship leader said that the conclusion to embark on the smasher was painful but that at that topographic point was no going dorsum until authorities took a positive footstep to address their demands.
Source: Punch
Lecturers inward populace universities today (Monday, July 1st 2013) began an indefinite smasher over Federal Government’s refusal to implement agreement reached alongside the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The ASUU National President, MD Isa Fagge, said inward Lagos on Mon that the conclusion to embark on the activeness was reached during the National Executive Council coming together of the spousal human relationship held at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State on Monday.
He spoke alongside newsmen via the telephone afterwards the Chairman, University of Lagos chapter of ASUU, MD Karo Ogbinaka, had told journalists that the smasher would live on total.
Strike volition live on “comprehensive, full as well as indefinite.’’
According to Fagge, the smasher volition live on “comprehensive, full as well as indefinite.’’“The smasher starts today (Monday) as well as it is going to final for every bit long every bit the Federal Government wants it,” he said.
He explained that the spousal human relationship embarked on the smasher because the authorities had reneged on the understanding it reached alongside ASUU earlier the lecturers suspended a similar activeness inward Feb 2012.
“The Federal Government has refused to implement about of the issues contained inward a 2009 understanding it had alongside us,” he said.
Fagge added that the authorities had also reneged on the Memorandum of Understanding it entered into alongside the spousal human relationship inward Dec 2011.
“Before now, at that topographic point has been this lawsuit of the implementation of the commutation issues contained inward the 2009 understanding nosotros entered into alongside the Federal Government.
“We have got had several meetings as well as deliberations to allow authorities sympathise why these issues must live on resolved but it is similar the to a greater extent than nosotros run into as well as deliberate, the messier the lawsuit gets.
“One of the issues that needed to live on addressed was basically that of the academic earned allowance.
“This earned allowance, as well as other issues, had dragged on until authorities as well as then agreed to write an MOU alongside the union.
“But every bit nosotros speak, at that topographic point has been nix to present that authorities was committed to an MOU it willingly wrote to improve the academy sector.
“It is inward this visit that nosotros are embarking on an indefinite strike,” he said.
Fagge said that having waited patiently for the authorities to honour the agreement, the ASUU decided to meet, deliberate as well as come upward up alongside the action.
Also, Ogbinaka said government’s penchant for reneging on agreements was non acceptable to the union.
He said that authorities entered into the MOU alongside ASUU afterwards the spousal human relationship suspended its smasher 2 as well as a one-half years ago.
Ogbinaka who admitted that authorities had implemented the lxx years retirement historic catamenia for professors as well as the pension committee for academy workers, noted that authorities had non been forthcoming on the earned allowance demand of the lecturers.
“I desire to nation that non all lecturers are entitled to this allowance, but every bit nosotros speak, non a unmarried lecturer nether the aforementioned categories has received whatsoever such allowance.
“What nosotros are demanding every bit the earned allowance is non to a greater extent than than N12, 500 per person, all the same authorities is maxim it cannot afford such.
“Government was genuinely thinking of the toll implication of everything but afterwards much deliberation, authorities agreed to sign the MoU as well as said it had gear upward aside N100bn to bring help of all the burning issues.
“However, authorities came dorsum to us as well as pleaded for a reduction as well as nosotros decided to footstep the toll downward to fourscore per cent. That non enough, it also appealed for about other reduction to l per cent.
“This l per cent, authorities said, volition live on a i off payment; that it was from that l per cent that nosotros shall bring help of everything, including the earned allowance.
“This did non larn downward good alongside us as well as thence nosotros decided to run into as well as bring the conclusion nosotros have got only taken,” he said.
According to him, the Nigerian third didactics sector is where it is because of inadequate funding.
He said that i of the reasons why at that topographic point were no unusual scholars inward the organization was because of the pathetic wages.
“When nosotros agitate close earned allowance, nosotros are also using it every bit a agency of attracting unusual scholars thence it is non all close our personal interest.
“We are also using it to address the lawsuit of encephalon drain inward the system. As it were, our best brains are all drifting into industries as well as other sectors that volition pay them better, rather than ploughing dorsum into the academic sector.
“To us, it is all close looking at a bigger painting present as well as putting things inward the correct place,’’ he said.
The spousal human relationship leader said that the conclusion to embark on the smasher was painful but that at that topographic point was no going dorsum until authorities took a positive footstep to address their demands.
Source: Punch
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