Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said the union is not calling off strike on Thursday
against the news that ASUU will call off strike on Thursday. The strike
embarked on by the union will not be called off except the Federal Government honor
the 2009 agreement.
While
talking, the ASUU Boss Dr. Nasir Fagge said he was surprised to hear that the
union was going to call off strike on Thursday when the issue tabled before
government had not been resolved.
National
President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge said further, “Our members have made it
categorically clear what they want. This meeting we had with government on
Friday at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF,
is just exploratory.
“We are trying to look at issues holistically and
see how 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 to hear people say
that we 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 meetings
unfold and then we report back to our members.”
All
well and good, if the ASUU and Federal Government are able to reach good conclusion
today and Thursday, the strike will definitely be suspended or call off.
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