ANOTHER STRIKE? We’ll Send Students Home – ASUU Issues 2 Weeks Ultimatum To FG Over Their 2009 Agreement

June 27th, 2024



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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) University of Uyo branch, has once again threatened to embark on an industrial action if the Federal Government fails to honour its 2009 renegotiated agreement.

The union, through its Akwa Ibom chairman, Prof Opeyemi Olajide on Wednesday, June 26 2024 issued a two-week ultimatum within which government is expected to act.

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He recalled that in 2022, public universities embarked on eight months strike over the outstanding issues and had to call it off in obedience to the rule of law.

But noted that that two years after, the Federal Government is not willing to honour the agreement and attend to their demands.

Olajide warned that if after two weeks nothing was done, the union will embark on an indefinite industrial action and send students home.

He said;

“In the year 2022, ASUU was on strike for eight months, public universities in Nigeria were shut down, students were sent home because federal government of Nigeria refused to address ASUU demands as contained in renegotiated 2009 agreement which Academic Staff Unions of Nigerian Universities had with them.

“ASUU suspended the strike because our union is very civil, law-abiding and has respect for rule of law. This is two years after, the Federal Government has refused to sign that agreement with our union.

“We are telling government and the public that if in the next two weeks nothing is done, ASUU is going to embark on yet another strike and students will be sent home.”



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