The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to gear up for another confrontation with the federal government over issues bordering on members’ welfare, working conditions, among others.
The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this in Minna, the Niger state capital, declared that the government has not implemented all the agreements it reached with the organised labour, particularly between ASUU, since the administration of President Bola Tinubu began.
He stretched that the union is weary of the federal government’s unfaithfulness to promises made to members, lamenting that it has yet to implement all its agreements with the organised labour, particularly ASUU, since the administration came in.
Recall that the current administration has taken no significant visible action to address the grievances by ASUU despite the president’s assurance and promise that his administration would take all necessary actions to ensure universities do not embark on strike again.
Osodeke stated that members of the National Executive Council, NEC, were currently in a nationwide consultation with the branches of the union to decide on the next line of action after the NEC meeting later this month.
Osodeke, further disclosed that the Union will be meeting soon before taking the necessary action to press home their demands.
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