The Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, may call off its over
four-months’ strike on Thursday,
DailyPost has gathered. It has been revealed that the Union’s plan
is to suspend the strike after the
National Executive Committee of the
body meets on Wednesday night to
deliberate over the outcome of the
congresses held in over 50 universities across the country on the new offer
extended to ASUU by the Federal
Government. The Union leadership had after its
meeting with the Federal Government
delegation last week promised to take
President Jonathan’s message to all
members and resolve on whether to call
off the strike or not. The ASUU leadership had since then
briefed the zonal coordinators on the
offer, and consequently directed the
local branches to organise congress
meetings between Friday last week and
Tuesday (tomorrow) to deliberate on the new offer and make their final position
known this week. However, information gathered from the
different Universities after their various
congresses showed that the lecturers are
now willing to call of the strike, even
though they are unsure of government’s
commitment to abide by the terms of the new agreement. Some of the lecturers
that spoke with DailyPost have disclosed
that the strike may be suspended this
Thursday. Meanwhile, the Ibadan
Zonal Coordinator of
ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, has confirmed
that the NEC meeting has been
scheduled to hold on Wednesday.
However, he did not disclose whether the strike would be called off after the
meeting or not. “Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday
evening, but ASUU has a process which
we are going to follow. NEC reserves the
right to call off the strike after due
consultation with members and this is
why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till
after the congress,” He has disclosed. Sources have revealed to DailyPost that
most of the lecturers have argued that
the strike be called off, having seen the
President’s commitment. They have said
that the new agreement has been made
public with the involvement of President Jonathan, hence the need to call off the
strike. They have argued that such an
agreement cannot be twisted even at the
long run.
Universities, ASUU, may call off its over
four-months’ strike on Thursday,
DailyPost has gathered. It has been revealed that the Union’s plan
is to suspend the strike after the
National Executive Committee of the
body meets on Wednesday night to
deliberate over the outcome of the
congresses held in over 50 universities across the country on the new offer
extended to ASUU by the Federal
Government. The Union leadership had after its
meeting with the Federal Government
delegation last week promised to take
President Jonathan’s message to all
members and resolve on whether to call
off the strike or not. The ASUU leadership had since then
briefed the zonal coordinators on the
offer, and consequently directed the
local branches to organise congress
meetings between Friday last week and
Tuesday (tomorrow) to deliberate on the new offer and make their final position
known this week. However, information gathered from the
different Universities after their various
congresses showed that the lecturers are
now willing to call of the strike, even
though they are unsure of government’s
commitment to abide by the terms of the new agreement. Some of the lecturers
that spoke with DailyPost have disclosed
that the strike may be suspended this
Thursday. Meanwhile, the Ibadan
Zonal Coordinator of
ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, has confirmed
that the NEC meeting has been
scheduled to hold on Wednesday.
However, he did not disclose whether the strike would be called off after the
meeting or not. “Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday
evening, but ASUU has a process which
we are going to follow. NEC reserves the
right to call off the strike after due
consultation with members and this is
why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till
after the congress,” He has disclosed. Sources have revealed to DailyPost that
most of the lecturers have argued that
the strike be called off, having seen the
President’s commitment. They have said
that the new agreement has been made
public with the involvement of President Jonathan, hence the need to call off the
strike. They have argued that such an
agreement cannot be twisted even at the
long run.
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