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The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed optimism about its ongoing meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee. The union describes the ongoing negotiation as being progressive.
The President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, while speaking to journalists during the week, confirmed that the negotiation with the federal government has been ongoing since last week.
This development is coming barely four months after the union, including non-teaching university staff, the senior staff university union among others embarked on strike.
Will ASUU suspend strike next week
There have been so many questions if the academic union will suspend strike next week and reopen universities. But according to Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, he disclosed that by next week, they will make their decision known to the public. He said that the negotiation is in progress, meaning that strike may likely be suspended in the coming weeks.
We are yet to suspend industrial action fully – ASUP
The National President, ASUP, Anderson Ezeibe, while speaking to newsmen made it known that it is wrong for individuals to assume that the union suspended its strike totally. He used the avenue to place the record straight by saying that the federal government only granted a few out of their demands.
Anderson Ezeibe urged the government to do the needful by fulfilling its demands between now and few weeks time to come or else the union would continue on its strike action.
Recall Last week, while the union suspended its two weeks warning strike, a statement by the national publicity secretary of the ASUP, Abdullahi Yalwa, charged the federal government to quickly attend to the remaining demands to allow industrial harmony to “continue to thrive in the nation’s polytechnics.”
The union, this June, would be meeting to review the situation and may commence its strike actions until the government grants them their demands.
Colleges of Education lecturers give FG 21-day strike notice to fulfill demands
On 25 May 2022, lecturers in colleges of education across the country under the aegis of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union gave the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to fulfill their demands or face Indefinite shutdown of public colleges of education in the country.
The National Vice President and Southwest Zonal Coordinator of COEASU, Olusegun Lana, in a statement said the government has not been fair to colleges of education and had totally neglected and abandoned issues affecting the union.
The union also urged stakeholders to charge the government to do the needful during the grace period before the expiration of the 21 day ultimatum unless they would face indefinite industrial action.
Nigerian students protest, demand an end to ASUU strike.
The national association of the Nigeria students had taken to the streets at various parts of the country to express their disappointment at the federal government and the academic union of universities for failing to resolve the lingering strike.
University students in the last few months stormed the street, barricaded major highways to express their grievances.
The national association of national students also threatened to disrupt party primaries in Abuja. The union president, in a live Interview, vowed to mobilise students to stop politicians from holding any political rally in Abuja until they find a lasting solution to strike.
By Israel Uchenna
