Students don't want ASUU STRIKE to end

Students Dont Want ASUU Strike To End - ASUU
President

The President of Academic Staff Union of
Universities, Dr. Isa Fagge has said it is
continuing its nationwide strike on the advice
of university students.
Speaking with PUNCH, the President of the
union said students were tired of the
incessant industrial actions by the university
lecturers due to the Federal Government’s
failure to implement the agreement it had with
ASUU since 2009.
Fagge said the union had decided to heed the
advice of the students to continue the
strike until the Federal Government fully
implemented the agreement.
“Our students have come out to say they don’t
want us to call off the strike until the Federal
Government answers us, because they don’t
want us to call off now and later we go back
to strike again. So, we are heeding the advice
of our students,” he said.
On the complaint by the Federal Government
that it lacked the funds to implement the
agreement, Fagge said it was not all about
money, noting that government did not need
funds to start implementing some parts of the
agreement.
“There are issues and agreement they can
implement without money. Why don’t they
begin with those ones?” he asked.
He added that it was unfortunate that the
government had pulled out of dialogue with
ASUU, stating that the union would not be
intimidated.
He said, “Now, government has pulled out of
the dialogue. We thought we were the ones
going on strike, but now government has also
gone on strike.”
The university lecturers who began an
indefinite strike on July 1 and have been
demanding full implementation of the
agreement ASUU had with the Federal
Government in 2009, which among other
things include the UNESCO-recommended 26
per cent budgetary allocation for education.
However, the government said it could not
implement the agreement, and is seeking re-
negotiation.
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku,
who gave government’s position on the strike
when he briefed journalists at the end of the
weekly meeting of the Federal Executive
Council, said apart from security, education
was one of the sectors the government had
expended a lot of money on.
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