Withholding Our Salaries Will Not Make Us End The Strike, ASUU Tells FG

University lecturers yesterday reiterated
their commitment to the ongoing strike by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, saying not even the attempt by the
Federal Government to withhold their
salaries would stop them from continuing with the strike action. Chairman, Academic Staff Union of
Universities, University of Abuja chapter,
Dr. Clement Chup, stated in an interview
that the Federal Government, threatening
to withhold their salaries, would not make
them abandon their cause. “Yes, the non-payment of our August salary
is another attempt by the government to
stampede us into breaking the strike, and
as usual, it will not work. “Our next line of action is to continue with
the strike. We had, on July 2, commenced a
total, comprehensive and indefinite strike
action, and as long as the government does
not meet our demand of implementing the
FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement, the strike will continue,” Chup said. He also described a section of the National
Association of Nigerian Students distancing
themselves from the strike as “politically
motivated students.”