ASUU STRIKE UPDATE :- Strike Continues As FG Withheld Lecturers’ August Salary

* Lecturers in the nation’s public universities on
Monday vowed to continue with their indefinite
strike, declaring that President Goodluck
Jonathan’s decision to withhold their salaries
would not stop their resolve to ensure the
university system is made better once and for all.
“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. The economic war the government is
employing has never, and will never yield any
dividend. 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.”The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of
Universities, University of Abuja chapter, Dr.
Clement Chup, stated this in a chat with Punch.
On comments by the leadership of NANS that the
students were no longer supporting the strike,
Chup said those making the call were “political
and mercenary students.”
“The NANS that say they do not support us are the
mercenary students. They are the political, non-
matriculated students. Our genuine students do
understand the issues that warranted the strike,
and are fully in our support.”
He said government officials are only interested in
awarding contracts in universities where they will
benefit and not the quality of input and output in
the higher institutions.