“Why we extended the strike”-ASUU reveals

The government has failed to meet the demands of ASUU.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given reasons for the extension of the ongoing strike by a further eight weeks.

This was revealed by the President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke who said in a statement that the Federal Government has failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of action within the four-week warning strike.

He also stated that the National Executive Council (NEC) decided to give the Federal Government eight weeks to address the issues in “concrete terms” so students can resume.

The statement reads: “NEC acknowledged the intervention efforts, in various ways, by patriots and friends of genuine national development (students, parents, journalists, trade union leaders, civil society activists etc.) to expeditiously resolve the crisis which•Govemment’s disposition had allowed to fester.

“However, ASUU, as a union of intellectuals, has historic obligations to make governments honour agreements.

“NEC, having taken reports on the engagements of the Trustees and Principal Officers with the Government, concluded that Government had failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week roll-over strike period and resolved that the strike be rolled over for another eight weeks to give Government more time to address all the issues in concrete terms so that our students will resume as soon as possible.

“The roll-over strike shall commence by 12am on Monday, 14th March 2022.”