Following the renewed face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the federal government over the failure of the government to fulfil some of the agreements it made as far back as 2009, ASUU has declared a one-month nationwide warning strike.
ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced this at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).
Noting that it was displeasing to see students at home and the academic calendars disrupted, he insisted the warning strike was a necessary move to drive home the union’s demands adding that the industrial action, which begins immediately, is comprehensive and total.
Some of the lecturers’ demands include the revitalisation of public universities, payment of earned allowance and promotion arrears, improved funding of state universities, replacement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with its University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) in payment of emoluments, amongst others.
Earlier, the union had embarked on a sensitisation campaign across campuses in the country and lecture-free days in various institutions across the country.
Meanwhile, the union has warned that it could go on an indefinite strike if an agreement is not reached within the one month warning period.
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