ASUU Decides To Go On Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, has decided to go on strike.

It starts with immediate effect.

Professor Musa Abdullahi, the union’s Planning and Research Secretary, confirmed that they are going on a one-month warning strike to give the government time to consider their demand.

He further explained that their major demand is the deployment of their own payment system, which they created called UTAS, and the 2009 agreement, which the government has yet to implement.

This report comes after the weekend marathon meeting that the Asuu National Executive Council, NEC, held in Lagos.

The president of the National Association of Nigerian Students said both the federal government and ASUU are not fair to Nigerian students.

Sunday Adedayo said the one-month warning strike would definitely affect the Nigerian education sector and the future of many students.

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He explained that even though the student union understands that what ASUU is fighting for is in the interest of public universities in the country, the frequency of the strikes is too much.

Sunday Adedayo also stated that the federal government is not sincere in upholding their end of the bargain, as Nigerian students are now suffering as a result of the conflict between ASUU and the federal government.

Sunday Adedayo also said the last eight-to-nine-month strike which ended in 2020 had damaged many students’ plans. Some could not go to the NYSC, others could not graduate early. Those who have businesses in the campus which they use to train themselves said the businesses had failed because of the strike.

He said the student body did not want to cooperate with the strike issue, but as it is now, they do not have an option other than to take the necessary action.