ASUU Set To Commence Strike, Declares Monday Lecture-Free

This is as the academic union is preparing to embark on another industrial action following its lingering loggerhead with the federal government.

The Monday lecture-free day www.tracknews.ng understands is to help the varsity association to sensitise members of the public on its disagreement with the government.

The National President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, made the disclosure on Saturday evening during an interview with newsmen.

It could be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari a week ago reiterated the commitment of his administration to fulfilling the agreement with the academic union.

While playing host to the members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council who visited him at the Aso Villa over the lingering issues, President Buhari pleaded with the union to exercise patience and consider current economic realities.

However, a year after signing an MoA, ASUU accused the government of failing to fulfil its side of the bargain and threatened to mobilise for another strike immediately.

www.tracknews.ng recalls that the government had immediately after the MoA released a sum of N55bn as part payment for the Earned Academic Allowance and Revitalisation Fund, but the union was unmoved until the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council and other dignitaries waded in.

Giving an update on the development on Sunday, Prof Osodeke told the PUNCH that the union had not yet declared a strike but would be sensitising the public, which includes the media, on the state of affairs between the union and the Federal Government.