EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has ended its National Executive Committee, NEC meeting, with a resolution not to embark on another strike action following the payment of half salaries to members by the federal government.
According to a Vanguard source, the union has resolved to wait for the outcome of the intervention of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila in its faceoff with the government over alleged non-implementation of the 2009 agreement by the latter.
Although no member of the body including the president, Prof.Emmanuel Osodeke, who attended the meeting held at the University of Abuja campus where ASUU’s headquarters is located, has spoken about the outcome, a source said members resolved not to explore the strike option in getting the government address the contending issues.
It was gathered that some members had pushed for the declaration of a total and comprehensive strike across public universities across the country but the majority kicked against the action, saying it was no longer fashionable under the present circumstance.
Those against the strike argued that it would be wrong to embark on the action again, thus compelling students who have already returned to their various schools following the earlier suspension of the action to return home.
The statement released by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the effect that government would not pay members full salaries as they were being expected, was said to have further deflated the argument by those who had pushed for the strike as a last option.
Some members had suggested that since the suspension of the strike was at the speaker’s instance following his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, it would be wrong to resume action when he (speaker) was still pushing to have the federal government rescind its decisions on no-work,no-pay policy.
A source from the meeting said, “embarking on another round of strike was not considered an option in resolving the current issues with the federal government at the meeting, “refusing to speak further.
Asked what really transpired at the meeting, he said,” You would hear the rest through the appropriate channel.”
“As a body, we have people that speak for us. You will hear from them on what really happened”, he said.
At the time of filing this report, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke did not pick up calls made to his mobile telephone line.
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