ASUU Says They Are Not Calling Off Strike This Week!

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described as
speculative reportsthat the strike embarked upon by the union over the
inability ofthe Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement it
willingly enteredinto with the union would be called off this Thursday.
National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told Vanguard that he was
surprisedto hear that the union was going to call off the strike on
Thursday when the issues tabled before government had not been
resolved. Faggae said: “There is nothing like that (suspending the
strike).I am alsosurprised to hear people say that we are going to call off
the strike. He said: “Our members have made it categorically clear what
they want. This meeting we hadwith government on Friday at the office of
the Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation, SGF, is just
exploratory. “We are trying to look at issues holistically and seehow we
are going to address them. So assignments were given to various people
that attended the meeting and the expectation is that we will meet
tomorrow (today), Monday and look at the assignment given and also
look at it on Thursday again. “So, that is why I’m surprised tohear people
say thatwe are going to suspend strike on Thursday. The mandate of our
members is very clear. So, we will wait and see what the Monday and
Thursday meetingsunfold and then we report backto our members.”
Onhow long it would take ASUU leaders to convene a meeting with its
members after the meeting with government on Thursday, the ASUU boss
said “we are in constant consultationwith our members,we don’t really
have problems with that. “After the meeting, we will decide when to link
up with ourmembers depending upon what is placed on table on
Thursday.” Commenting on the speculation that the union might suspend
the strike if the government metup to 50 per cent of the agreement,
Faggae said the union would prefer to get to the bridge before crossing it.
He commended the positive disposition of the Joint Senate and House of
Representatives Committee on Education towards the resolution of the
crisis. Fagge added: “For us, the interaction we have had with the Joint
Committee clearly indicates that they are concerned like other
Nigerians”. “This is expected of the representatives of people. You see
the problem has always been that the executive arm of government does
not really hearken to advise that are givenon how best to address the
problems on education in this country. “We are convinced as a union that
the only thing the government can really do forNigerians is to avail them
of education. “Once you are able todo that, you will see that people will
be able to generate jobs andthey will be able to take care of themselves
and contribute to nation building. So that is the argument we are placing
on thetable.”

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