The Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, has been given one week ultimatum to call off the ongoing
strike. The directive was given today, in Abuja by the acting Minister of
Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike while speaking with journalists. The union has
been on strike since July 1 over the non-Implementation of a 2009 agreement
with the federal government.
According to reports, the lecturers
at their NEC meeting last week in Kano, demanded that government should pay the
four-month salary arrears being owed varsity lecturers while there should be
immediate implementation of the N1.2tn offerred by the goverment to public
varsities, starting with the release of N100bn this year, before the strike can
be called off. A demand the acting Minister Wike had described as
,”outrageous.”
Meantime, ASUU had said it would meet
with President Jonathan on the decisions reached at its NEC meeting before any
announcement will be made concerning the 5months old strike. Follow Me On Twitter & Instagram: @effiongeton
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