Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Sunday, declared a two-week warning strike, saying the period was a window for the government to conclude negotiations with it
To this end, it has directed all its members across the country to withdraw their services effective midnight.
ASUU president, Chris Piwuna, who announced the strike at a press conference held at the union’s national secretariat at the University of Abuja, accused the government of insincerity in the negotiations, leading to the implementation of the union’s demands.
“The warning strike shall be total and comprehensive as agreed at the last NEC meeting,” Piwuna said.
The latest standoff between the university lecturers and the Federal Government comes despite ongoing negotiations aimed at averting another round of industrial action in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed in Abuja that the government had entered the final phase of talks with ASUU and other unions to resolve lingering disputes over welfare, funding, and the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement.
The latest standoff between the university lecturers and the Federal Government comes despite ongoing negotiations aimed at averting another round of industrial action in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
