Prepare for long strike action, ASUU tells members

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday
charged striking members of the union in public universities across
the country to prepare for long industrial action.

The president of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi enjoined ASUU
members “to be on the watch and prepare for a long drawn out
struggle to salvage the University System”.

It will be recalled that the ASUU had embarked on nationwide
strike over unfulfilled past agreements by government and
underfunding of education.

Ogunyemi stated this in Strike Bulletin No. 5 sent to all
members of the union, a copy of which was obtained by our
correspondent in Ibadan.

Ogunyemi charged members to remain steadfast “and resolute in
the face of intimidation or antics employed by government through
Vice chancellors and Governing councils to undermine the ongoing
struggle”

According to the ASUU President “Government is yet to change its
“keep them talking” style and stance as all the meetings held so
far with the Minister of Education are yet to resolve any of the
demands of ASUU”.

Also speaking after their Zonal Meeting held at the Ladoke
Akintola University, the ASUU chairman, University of Ibadan, Dr.
Deji Omole, said Ibadan zone of ASUU has been fully mobilised with
her members to ensure the reason for the strike gets
actualised.

Omole noted that it is regrettable that the federal government
who has not put anything on the table for revitalising the comatose
education sector is busy mobilising funds for re-election in
2019.

He however appealed to parents not to mortgage the future of
their children by fighting for proper and adequate funding of
public education.

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