Strong indications shows that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are “warming up” for another strike as the countdown to the deadline for the implementation of agreements reached with the federal government which led to the conditional suspension of its indefinite strike action in September approaches.
In September, the federal government had signed an MoU with the leadership of the union, with regards to the strike action embarked upon by the union to press the implementation of the memorandum of understanding entered into between both parties since 2009.
While signing the agreement, a timeline of October 31, 2017 was reached between both parties for the implementation of some components of the agreement, especially the payment of shortfall in salaries and Earned Academic Allowances.
However, with less than a week to the end of the October timeline, some lecturers have told journalists that the government has not implemented any aspect of the agreement, even when they claimed during negotiation that implementation has commenced.
A lecturer said: “The government has not done anything. We have not heard from them and it is just one week to the end of the October deadline. I can assure you that we are warming up and there is the possibility that from November 1, we will resume the suspended action.
The government told our leaders during negotiations that they have prepared everything for the implementation. They were even brandishing some papers, especially on the earned Academic Allowance. But we have not seen anything nor heard from them.
They were also supposed to carry our verification because of those who employed workers without permission so that the issue of shortfall in salary can be addressed. Many of us have been verified, but nothing has happened. We have not been paid. They should not take us for a ride because when we resume the suspended strike action we will not listen to any discussion.”
On his part, ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has not said anything whether or not the union will go on another strike.
In September, the federal government had signed an MoU with the leadership of the union, with regards to the strike action embarked upon by the union to press the implementation of the memorandum of understanding entered into between both parties since 2009.
While signing the agreement, a timeline of October 31, 2017 was reached between both parties for the implementation of some components of the agreement, especially the payment of shortfall in salaries and Earned Academic Allowances.
However, with less than a week to the end of the October timeline, some lecturers have told journalists that the government has not implemented any aspect of the agreement, even when they claimed during negotiation that implementation has commenced.
A lecturer said: “The government has not done anything. We have not heard from them and it is just one week to the end of the October deadline. I can assure you that we are warming up and there is the possibility that from November 1, we will resume the suspended action.
The government told our leaders during negotiations that they have prepared everything for the implementation. They were even brandishing some papers, especially on the earned Academic Allowance. But we have not seen anything nor heard from them.
They were also supposed to carry our verification because of those who employed workers without permission so that the issue of shortfall in salary can be addressed. Many of us have been verified, but nothing has happened. We have not been paid. They should not take us for a ride because when we resume the suspended strike action we will not listen to any discussion.”
On his part, ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has not said anything whether or not the union will go on another strike.
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