By joshua 
BY IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Chapter advised yesterday that the only way to avert the Union’s impending nation-wide strike and its consequent paralysis of academic activities in the country’s public universities is to sign and begin the implementation of the renegotiated 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement.
AAU Chapter of the Union in a release signed by Dr. Cyril Oziegbe Onogbosele
Chairperson and Dr. William Odion Secretary gave this after mobilization and sensitization Congress held at Ekpoma, Edo State.
The AAU Ekpoma Chapter of the Union urged Government to do the needful and stop the over-recited rhetorics of unfulfilled promises and commitment to education in the country.
“The only pragmatic solution to avert the impending strike is to sign and implement the renegotiated Agreement”,
“the University lecturers expressed strong resolve and readiness to join their colleagues in other public universities in the strike to compel the Government to sign the renegotiated 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and meet other demands of the Union contained in the various relevant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Action (MoA) entered into with the Union.
” The Union insisted that the offensive and unacceptable negative disposition of Government towards public universities in the country is unacceptable and should no longer be tolerated henceforth”.
The Union called on Nigerians, ” to prevail on the Government to sign the renegotiated Agreement, honour its agreements, MoU, MoA with the Union and meet the demands of the Union in the interest of the development of public universities and industrial harmony.
They urged, “Nigerians to hold Government responsible for the impending strike in its failure to meet demands of the Union”.
Meanwhile, The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Delta State University, Abraka Chapter has faulted the failure of government to honour agreements with the Union and vowed to actively participate in the impending strike to compel the Government to meet the demands of the Union.
The Union said enough of government’s disdain to collective agreements, Memorandum of Action (MoA), and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that ought to uplift the fortunes of education in the country.
At a special mobilisation Congress on Tuesday, 8th February, 2022, DELSU Chapter of the Union resolved to support the resumption of the suspended strike action of the Union of 20th January, 2020 for the failure of the Government to sign and implement the renegotiated 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement.
In a statement signed by the Chairperson and Secretary, Prof. Godwin Demaki and Dr. Paul Opone, respectively and made available to reporters in Benin City, the DELSU Congress berated the Government for lacking the political will to reposition the education sector in the country through improved funding.
The Union urged the Government to stop further revenue leakages to enable the funding of the Nigerian public University System.
“It is a grave concern that the Government was mindlessly defunding the universities, government at the state and federal levels are busy establishing new universities without the genuine commitment to funding.”
The Union, ” urged the governments concerned to desist from proliferation of public universities system in Nigeria”. .. Continue reading