Strike: FG Not Showing Seriousness With Negotiations – ASUU

• ASUU had begun a one-month warning strike on Monday February 14, 2022 over what it described as the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands

• If both parties fail to resolve the issues in two weeks, the union may go on a total indefinite and comprehensive strike

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of showing levity in its ongoing negotiation with the union whose members are currently on a four-week strike.

The union therefore said ending the industrial action is dependent on the readiness of the government to take the issue at stake seriously and do the needful.

Read also: Why Meeting ASUU’s Demands May Be Difficult – FG

The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the last meeting between the two sides could not achieve anything because the government team acted as if it did not know the issues at stake.

“Our last meeting did not lead to anything meaningful because the government team acted as if they were not aware of the issues at stake. We have been on this thing for some years now. What we expected from them is to come to the meeting with answers to what we are demanding.

“We were surprised that their team came with no action as to how to resolve the issues. Another meeting is slated for Tuesday and we hope they would change and do the needful. What we are asking for has been in public domain for long that almost everybody knows what the issues are. It is surprising that they did not come with any action plan to meet our demands and resolve the issues,” he told Vanguard.

Asked whether the next meeting would be used to resolve the faceoff, Osodeke said government’s action and readiness would determine that.

He added that the demands of the union were still the same regarding revitalising university education, discontinuance of Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) as the payment system in the universities, payment of promotion and salary arrears among others.

If both parties fail to resolve their faceoff by March 13, this year, the union may go on an indefinite strike.

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