ASUU decides Not To Call Of Strike At NEC Meeting, Seeks FG Assurance.

Hope of final resolution of the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities was dashed on Saturday, as the Union has vowed
to continue with the industrial action. This was the outcome of the
union's National Executive Council (NEC) meeting secretly held in
Kano, where it was agreed that the strike would continue until it got
concrete assurance of implementation of all agreement from the Federal
Government.
In a release the union sent to its members and obtained by Sunday
Tribune, it said ".....based on feedback from branches, the Union
resolved to clear some grey areas before any further action. If we
must remove srike as a regular feature in our Universities systems,
then we must get things sorted out permanently. Be steadfast as we
wait next congress meeting".
According to a source, who spoke to Sunday Tribune on condition of
anonymity, though the union agreed that the offer by FG to inject #200
billion into Universities annualy, beginning from 2014 and for the
next 4 years was sensible, members were skeptical about the
implementation of all the agreement reached.
"We agreed that the FG offer is sensible but we are not convinced
about its implementation and so we have to continue the strike so as
to fully sort things out to avoid future stikes" the source stated.
ASUU had embarked on the strike in July, following the failure of the
FG to implement the 2009 agreement it entered into with the union,
acting the needs to upgrade the Universities to world standard and
improve the condition of service of the lecturers, among others, with
the FG releasing #100 billion for the improvement of Universities and
#40 billion to be shared as earned allowance while promising to make
more funds available.
ASUU members got less than they deserve from the allowance while other
unions fed fat from it, it looks as if we only fought for other
unions. Members are really angry about this", he said, noting that
these were some of the issue that would be tabled at the congress of
the union later in the week.
Other contentious issue, stated the source "are the 2009 agreement
wich is due for re-negotiation and our salary. We felt that until
these are resolved, it will be futile to call of the strike, so the
strike continues.

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