Strike: FG not committed to implementing agreement, says ASUU

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities , Prof . Biodun Ogunyemi , has said that the Federal Government was not committed to implementing the outstanding issues in the FG - ASUU 2009 agreement.

Ogunyemi on Sunday , while addressing a press conference at the University of Lagos , said the on - going strike would continue until the Federal Government was ready to meet the demands of the union .

“ Since the commencement of our industrial action on November 4 , 2018 , we have had six meetings with the agents of the Federal Government, with no clear commitment from government to meeting our demands. 

Government has adopted the ‘ keep -them- talking ’ strategy while deceiving the public that progress was being made and that partial agreement had been reached between the government and the union .

“ Through its press interactions , government had falsely raised the hopes of the Nigerian public on the state of discussion with our union . Our expectation from a very responsive and sincere government is that , by now, all outstanding issues would have been resolved to the satisfaction of both parties . Unfortunately , government has yet to show sincerity to addressing the problem , ” Ogunyemi said .

The ASUU President said the outstanding issues in the 2009 FGN -ASUU agreement , 2013 MoU and 2017 MoA which led to the on - going strike are , commitment to implementing the 2013 MoU with respect to the balance of N 1 . 1 tn revitalisation fund for public universities ; release of the report of forensic audit on the Earned Academic Allowances , payment of outstanding arrears , and mainstreaming the allowances into the 2018 budget ; payment of arrears of shortfalls in the salaries of university academics; renegotiation of 2009 FGN - ASUU agreement and removal of the fixated Chairman of the negotiating team, Dr Wale Babalakin , among others.