ASUU further extends ongoing strike

August 29, (THEWILL) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has further extended its ongoing strike.

The decision to roll over the strike was taken after the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, at the union’s headquarters, University of Abuja, on Monday morning.

The meeting which began late Sunday, at the University of Abuja’s headquarters of ASUU, ended early Monday morning, with the resolution that the strike be rolled over.

THEWILL reported that lecturers of the Federal Government owned universities had embarked on strike since February 14, 2022, to demand release of revitalisation funds for universities; deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System (UTAS) for the payment of salaries and allowances of university lecturers; release of earned allowances; the release of the white paper report of the visitation panels to universities and other issues involving the ASUU-FGN 2009 agreement;

Shortly after the commencement of the strike, other university-based unions, including the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and other allied educational institutions also embarked on strike to push their demands.

In a bid to end the strike, the government had set up a negotiation team. led by the Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Nimi Briggs, to look into negotiations with the unions.

Though, SSANU, NASU and NAAT have suspended their strike actions, the negotiations between the government and ASUU had stalled, over backlog salaries.

While ASUU insisted on the payment of the backlog salaries of members, the Federal Government on its part had maintained a policy of ‘No Work, No Pay’.