ASUU News: The ongoing Asuu strike suspended for exams

Despite the ongoing Asuu strike nationwide, students were allowed to write exams in some member-institutions of ASUU (the Academic Staff Union of Universities).  Ekiti State University,  the Ado-Ekiti chapter of ASUU is one of the istituions that decides to save her students time by conducting exams. The institution put a hold on the ongoing stike on Tuestday so as to conduct second semester examination for students. 

The students of Cross River University of Technology continued with their exams despite the ongoing ASUU strike even though there has been allegations against them.

General Asuu strike continues till further notice.

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Asuu concluded not to end strike until demands are duly met

ASUU on 4th December concluded not to go back to work until its demands are met by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

It was reported by The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ASUU began a nationwide indefinite strike on Sunday December 4 at midnight.

The President of ASUU, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, said in a telephone interview from his Abuja base that there was ``no going back until government showed some level of commitment to implementation of the agreement.

``Government had firmly assured us that they would look into the issue in November and we were all hopeful that they would do something, having signed the MOU.

``We are surprised that they still could not live up to their promise yet again, maybe they are just playing games with us.

``As a result of this, I had to meet with the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the union, which then decided to embark on this strike".

He regretted the development, saying that what the union was fighting for was to ensure the repositioning of the education system, which would translate into meaningful contribution to national development.

``We are still open to discussion, but this time, we would insist that the approach to such discussions be frankness and sincerity of purpose,'' he said.

NAN reports that ASUU entered into an agreement with the government in 2009, seeking to revamp the education system, provision of funds for research and development, and university autonomy, among others.

The Union had on Sept. 26 this year signed a MoU with the Federal Government, after a two-week warning strike on the same issue.

Government was said to have assured the lecturers-- during the signing of the MoU-- that it would look into their grievances within two months and come up with positive results by the Monday Nov. 28.

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ASUU STRIKE COMMENCES TODAY

ASUU - the Academic Staff Union of University commences an indefinite strike mid-night today 4th December. One more time the Nigerian Varsities will be crippled by the national strike action of the staff.

Expect more info on the strike action.

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Scarcity of Lecturers In Olabisi Onabanjo University Worries Asuu

The Chairman of ASUU in OOU - Olabisi Onabanjo University, Dr. Adesola Nasir, has raised the alarm over the dearth of lecturers and students in the institution, leading to her failure to fill the admission quota.

Mr. Adesola, as he addressed newsmen at the university’s mini campus, Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu, over the looming ASUU national strike against the Federal Government’s alleged failure to implement the 2009 agreement, lamented that the ASUU was perturbed that OOU is still unable to fill the admission quota given to it by the NUC, for the 2010 admission.

According to him, “this year, we are still struggling to fill our quota.

 It is saddening if we  remember that OOU used to be over subscribed just three years ago. The quota went down two years ago, the  governing  council constituted by the last government of Ogun State,  unleashed terror on both staff and  students of this university, such that over 150 lecturers were  sacked without recourse to due process,” he said.

Tracing the  causes of the problems ravaging the  state-owned institution, Adesola said: “The  most worrisome is that the  past governing  council published in the dailies that most of the certificates carried by OOU graduates cannot be trusted, saying that the certificates are fake.

“All the students and those that have graduated are carrying the stigma. So, parents have read  those things and why will a parent bring his/her child to a school whose certificates cannot be trusted. The other one is shortage of lecturers and shortage of staff, and whenever exams are concluded, it takes many weeks or months to compute results. So, these are the problems until we have  enough staff to handle courses.

“These are the reason students do not come here, but there is a way out, which is that  the lecturers in this university, who have been unjustly sacked must be brought back immediately. We must start a programme of  rapid  development of academic staff. Until we do that, we will continue to be in this comatose stage,” ASUU submitted.

The ASUU,  however,  said the state  government must treat  the institution as a university, saying that the  university  must  be adequately funded. He claimed that,”the last  government virtually killed this university  because, for almost a year, the government was releasing half of what is needed to pay salaries  and even that was not regular and when lecturers are not paid how can they be committed”, he said.

Dr. Adesola , who gave a hint that the ASUU might embark on a strike as members of the  National Executive Committee, NEC, of the union will converge on the University of Port-Harcourt, River State, to deliberate on the next step to  take over  the Federal Government’s failure  to implement the agreement.

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