ASUU not Going on Strike, Only That ….
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ASUU not Going on Strike, Only That ….
By Alabidun Shuaib Abdulrahman
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, decided late Monday during its National Executive Committee meeting that it will not go on another strike in protest of the Federal Government’s payment of members’ half salary in October.
However, INCNews247 gathered that the union decided to wait for Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila’s assistance in its dispute with the government over the 2009 deal.
No one from the group has yet commented on the outcome of the meeting, not even the President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who was present at the event held on the campus of the University of Abuja, where ASUU is headquartered.
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According to a report of Vanguard, quoting a source said members resolved not to explore the strike option in getting the government to address the contending issues.
It was revealed that some members had pushed for declaration of total and comprehensive strike across public universities in the country but majority kicked against the action, saying it was no longer fashionable under the present circumstance.
Those against the strike, argued that it would be wrong to embark on the action again, thus compelling students, who have already returned to their various schools following earlier suspension of the action, to return home.
The statement released by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the effect that government would not pay members full salaries as they were being expected, was said to have further deflated the argument by those who had pushed for strike as a last option.
Some members had suggested that since the suspension of the strike was at the Speaker’s instance following his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, it would be wrong to resume action when he (Speaker) was still pushing to have the federal government rescind its decisions on no-work, no-pay policy.
A source from the meeting said, “embarking on another round of strike was not considered an option in resolving the current issues with the federal government at the meeting,” refusing to speak further.
Asked what really transpired at the meeting, he said: “You would hear the rest through the appropriate channel.
“As a body, we have people that speak for us. You will hear from them on what really happened,” he said.
