ASUU ENDS STRIKE MANDATE LECTURERS TO RESUME IMMEDIATELY

Finally, the ASUU STRIKE which has lasted for
more than a month has been official called off.
While addressing a press conference in the
Federal Universities of Technology, Minna, the
Niger State capital, the National President of
ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi said the union
had agreed to suspend the strike after a
meeting of the National Executive Council
which started on today.
The President also listed the components of
the agreement which the union had with the
Federal Government, which led to the
resolution of the long-drawn crisis.
While speaking at a press briefing today on
resolutions which the Union has reached during
the National Exercutive Council meeting NEC
in Federal University of Technology FUT,
Minna, the president of ASUU, Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi said and we quote:
“Finally, NEC resolved to suspend the strike
action embarked upon, with effect from
monday, September, 18, 2017 and directs its
branches to resume work forthwith”.
Minna— Parents, students and government
officials, Tuesday, expressed relief as the a-
month old nationwide strike, by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over non-
implementation of 2009 agreement between
the union and the Federal Government, was
called off.
Addressing journalists in Minna, today, after
long hours of brainstorming, ASUU President,
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union decided
to call off the strike after diligent and careful
appraisal of various report, especially the
resolutions signed last week by ASUU and the
Federal Government.
ASUU, however, said it would continuously and
diligently monitor the implementation of the
joint resolutions in all branches, facilitate the
inauguration of the implementation monitoring
committee on the report of the Needs
Assessment of Nigerian Universities, ensure
faithful compliance with the report and ensure
that ASUU members do not suffer any loss of
deserved benefits arising from the strike,
specifically the unresolved issue of the Earned
Allowances.
ASUU also highlighted the remaining areas in
the 2009 agreement, which require policy and
legislative steps for the challenges facing the
system to be effectively addressed and
expressed hope that the provisions of the
extant agreements for revitalisation of the
university system will imme-diately focus on
theseneeds.
Accordingly, Ogunyemi declared that with
effect from Monday, the one month old strike
has been suspended and thereby directed all
branches to resume work forthwith.
ASUU’s expectations
ASUU listed some of its expectations from
government.
They include government’s faithful
implementation of the resolutions reached and
signed, even as it vowed to work assiduously
for the revitalisation of Nigerian universities
where students and parents will begin to see
the fruits of the struggle.
ASUU expects that the revitalisation funds for
the next five years will be provided as agreed
in the resolutions, while the implementation
monitoring committee will ensure that funds
released will be used to meet genuine
revitalisation needs of public universities with
strict and disciplined supervision of the
implementation processes by the universities
themselves.
ASUU also expects the monitoring committee
to conclude, within a short time, the
verification of the level of implementation of
the Earned Academic Allowances and that
government should also, as agreed, provide
fund for the payment of outstanding balance.
It also expects government to act quickly to
engage the services of the universities in
special consulting services as contained in the
resolution