Recalled the LAST ASUU meeting with FG on Tuesday that didn’t yield any result? The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has come out to share the offer from the federal government of Nigeria, and why the strike is yet to be called off.
On Tuesday, August 16th, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met with the Federal Government and the expectation of Nigerians, especially parents and students affected by ASUU was high, especially because everyone knows new academic sessions starts in September.
The meeting between ASUU and FG, through the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee, ended without any resolution to the ongoing strike that has kept university students at home for the last six months (Strike action started on February 14th and is still ONGOING).
The Academic staff union of Universities disclosed that it rejected the Federal Government’s offer because it is “miserly”, too poor, and can’t resolve the major reason why the strike first started.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 18th, titled, “Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary”.
The statement read in part:
“The major reason given by the Federal Government for the miserly offer, paucity of revenue, is not tenable.
“There is wasteful spending, misappropriation of fund and outright stealing of our collective patrimony.
“The union in one voice, absolutely believes that if the leakages in the management of the country’s resources are patched, and there’s no place or avenue where the resources are leaked, there will be more than enough to meet the nation’s revenue and expenditure targets without borrowing and plunging the country into a debt crisis as is the case now,”.
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