The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has embarked on an indefinite strike beginning from today August 14th. This was disclosed by the President of the academic union, Biodun Ogunyemi, in a memo to lecturers dated August 12th. According to the memo, the union is proceeding on an indefinite strike because of the federal government's failure to implement its 2009 agreement and 2013 memorandum of understanding (MoU). Other reasons listed for the strike include non-payment of salaries, non-payment of earned academic allowance (EAA), removal of universities staff schools from funding by government and non-implementation of provisions of the 2014 pension reform act with respect to retired professors and their salaries. The memo in part reads
“The national
executive council (NEC) of ASUU met at the university of Abuja main campus,
Giri, on the 12th of August 2017 to consider the results of a referendum from
all branches in a bid to ascertain ways of convincing government to implement
outstanding aspects of the 2009 agreement and MoU of 2013. The result of the
referendum showed that an overwhelming majority of the branches of our union
voted for the strike. In the light of the foregoing, and having exhausted
all avenues to get government to fully implement the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement
and the 2013 MoU as well as related demands, resolved to embark on a total,
comprehensive and indefinite strike action commencing Sunday, 13th August
2017.”
ASUU said the strike action was to be a total, comprehensive
and indefinite action whereby no form of academic activities including
teaching, attendance of any meeting, conduct and supervision of any examination
at any level, supervision of project or thesis at any level should take place
at any of the nation’s universities.
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