ASUU withdraws from negotiations with FG

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on
Thursday announced its disengagement from
further negotiations with the Federal Government,
over what it describes as the latter’s perceived
insincerity in the 2009 agreement as well as the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) both parties
signed in January last year.
The union National President, Dr. Nassir Faggae
Isa, said at a press briefing held at the University
of Lagos on Thursday that the 2009 agreement
and the MoU must first be honoured, even if ASUU
feels the need to consider renegotiation with the
government.
The union had embarked on a total strike on July 2
over government‘s failure to honour the 2009
agreement.
Faggae said, “Consequently, our members are left
with no other choice than to prosecute this strike
to its logical conclusion. ASUU members
nationwide are saying this striker will not be
suspended until and unless the government
respects the 2009 agreement and makes concrete
efforts to implement it in the best interest of the
country.”
According to him, during a meeting held between
ASUU and the government representative on
Monday, government declared that it neither had
any motive to revitalize public universities through
committed funding, nor was it ready to pay in full
the accumulated Earned Academic Allowances
between 2009 and 2013.