Government
owned, public universities lecturers
under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Sunday(08/12/2013)
insisted that they would not return to the classrooms on Monday as directed by
the federal government.
This
confirmation was given by the President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge as they
accused the President Gooodluck
Jonathan-led Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve the 6 months old
dispute. Read the rest after the cut >>>
The
Federal Government had through the Executive Secretary of the National
Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, deferred its earlier ultimatum to
the lecturers to resume work on Monday (today) or risk being sacked. The shift
was to enable them to participate in the burial of Prof. Festus Iyayi, a former
president of ASUU on Saturday.
Before
this, the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, had advised the
striking lecturers to return to work on or before December 4 or face dismissal.
But
ASUU had in a news bulletin to its chapters after its meeting in Ekpoma, Edo
State on Sunday, said the Federal Government had not met its conditions for
suspending the over five months’ strike.
When
asked by Punch 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, Fagge 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 supersede deception, lies and any form
of intimidation.”
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