The Academic Staff Union of
Universities on Monday promised to
cover the academic period lost to its
strike.
The ASUU National President, Prof .
Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the assurance
in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.
NAN reports that lecturers in public
universities, under the aegis of ASUU ,
embarked on what they described as
total, comprehensive and indefinite
nationwide strike on Aug . 13 .
The lecturers protested the non -
implementation of the 2009 agreement
and the 2013 Memorandum of
Understanding it entered into with the
Federal Government.
The union suspended the strike
conditionally on Sept. 18 after
dialogues with a Federal Government
delegation headed by the Minister of
Labour , Dr Chris Ngige .
“ We wish to assure our students and
parents that they do not have any
cause to worry over the lost period
while the strike lasted.
“ As we have always said , it is not our
intention to be disrupting academic
activities in our institutions .
“ What we are pressing for is for us to
have a better system for the benefit of
our students and , of course , the nation
at large .
“ We cannot continue with what we
may call business as usual in the
running of university system in our
country ,’’ he said .
The ASUU leader told NAN that the
union had students’ interest at heart .
“ Now that the strike has been
suspended, our lecturers are back in
full force with renewed energy to
cover the lost ground .
“ Having said this, we will also like to
state that the union is hopeful that
government will faithfully implement
the Memorandum of Action it entered
into with union on Sept . 18 , to avoid
any other issues, ” Ogunyemi said .
He said that there was no evidence so
far to show that the Federal
Government would not keep its own
part of the bargain.
“ This is a government of change ; we
are watching and waiting patiently to
realise the implementation within that
time frame ,” he said .
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