The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a nationwide strike following the Federal Government’s inability to implement agreements it reached with the union.
The strike was declared on Monday during a press conference addressed by the union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who said the strike will be “comprehensive and total”
The announcement follows the decision reached in a meeting by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union held at the University of Lagos, Akoka.
Members of NEC, including ASUU leaders across campuses, had been in a two-day closed-door meeting over the federal government’s inability to fulfil their demands, including the revitalisation of public universities, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) promotion arrears, earned academic allowances, implementation of the renegotiated 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement and discrepancies in the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS).
