Strike Continues –ASUU: Let the vice-chancellors, who can teach, go and do so

Despite every measure already employed to get public university lecturers to return to work, ASUU still maintains its standpoint of not returning to the classroom.

According to reports gathered, the President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge said its members are not calling off the strike because the Federal Government has remained adamant towards their request.

The Federal Government had given ASUU an ultimatum of today, Monday to resume work or else face losing their jobs. And the reason for the shift which was earlier fixed on December 4, was to enable the members attend their late leader's burial held on Saturday.

According to myschool Mike, Fagge was if the members of the union would go back to work today and if they had confirmed the N200bn the Federal Government claimed to have deposited in a special account at the Central Bank of Nigeria, he simply replied, “No to both questions.”

ASUU had in the bulletin insisted that the government threat to sack its members would not break the union’s resolve to pursue its action to a logical conclusion.

A source privy to the meeting, said, “No Jupiter will force us to go and teach until all the agreements are documented. The Federal Government is not sincere. If indeed the authorities have agreed, why will they be afraid to document what has been agreed upon?

“Let the vice-chancellors, who can teach, go and do so. But our members are determined not to sign any attendance register tomorrow (today). The threat does not bother us, as truth will always supercede deception, lies and any form of intimidation.”

The ASUU National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, who also said, “Our position has not changed because we are still on strike. When we met President Goodluck Jonathan, we had a number of agreements but when the Presidency communicated to us, we noticed some gaps. We have written to the government on our observations but up till now, it has not responded.
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