No Salary, Strike Continues–ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says that until the federal government releases the salaries of lecturers, it will not call off its 9 months old strike.

It added that government’s behaviour is already jeopardizing efforts at improving the state of university education.

Recall that the union had on March 23 embarked on strike over what it termed as the federal government’s unwillingness to fulfil the terms of agreement it had with the union.

THE WHISTLER earlier reported that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on November 27, had said that government had increased its proposed fund for ASUU from 65 billion naira to 70 billion naira.

But the union stressed on Monday, that if the federal government fails to pay their withheld salaries, the strike would continue.

“FG should not expect us to resume without releasing our salaries. They gave a timeline and we are monitoring, once the timeline expires this week, our members will take a final decision. If they pay the withheld salaries, it will make the process easier to handle,” it stated on Facebook.