The National Executive Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today following the failure of the Federal Government to meet their demands
has officially declared a one-month rollover warning strike.
According to Emmanuel Victor Osodeke, president of ASUU, he said this at a press conference on Monday.
Osodeke said the industrial action is “comprehensive and total”.
But President Muhammadu Buhari had recently assured that his administration would honour its agreements with the union to prevent incessant strikes in the education sector.
“My administration is committed to this engagement and dialogue, and I urge them to stay the course towards a joint resolution in the best interest of our children and nation,” he had said.
The union had in the last few months expressed grievances over the failure of the Federal Government to fulfill some of the agreements it made as far back as 2009. ASUU had on November 15, 2021, given the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum over the failure to meet the demands.
The lecturers threatened to embark on another round of industrial action following the alleged “government’s unfaithfulness” in the implementation of the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union, leading to the suspension of the 2020 strike action.
