Lecturers at public universities in the country have ended their eight – month old strike and they will be returning to class on Monday.
They had stayed away from class since February 14, after accusing the federal government of failing to meet some of their demands including, the release of revitalization funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, the release of earned allowances and the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.
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Team@orientactualmags.com learned the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU in a memo released and signed by its president, Emmanuel Osodeke, on Friday asked members to return to class while however noting that some of the issues that made them go on strike had remained unresolved.
‘NEC deliberated on the recommendations of the Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila-led committee within the framework of the FGN/ASU’s Memorandum of Action(MoA) of 2020 on the contending issues that led to the strike action.
For the avoidance of doubt, the issues include funding for revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, proliferation of public universities, visitation panels/release of white papers, university transparency and accountability solution (UTAS) as a broad spectrum software to stop illegality and provide for an alternative payment platform in the university system, renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.
While appreciating the commendable efforts of the leadership of the house of representatives and other patriotic Nigerians who waded into the matter, NEC noted with regrets that the issues in dispute are yet to be satisfactorily addressed.
However, as a law-abiding union and in deference to appeals by the president, major general Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and in recognition of the efforts of Hon. Gbajabiamila, and other well-meaning Nigerians, ASUU NEC resolved to suspend the strike action embarked upon on February 14, 2022.
Consequently, all members of ASUU are hereby directed to resume all services hitherto withdrawn with effect from 12:01 on Friday, October 14, 2022’ he submitted.
Rising from a closed-door meeting at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja on Monday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke had expressed hope that lecturers at public universities in the country will return to class soon and this had since happened barely four days after making such an assertion- Team@orientactualmags.com
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