Some members of ASUU have starved to death
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have stated that the Federal Government of Nigeria is yet to comply with salary payment for the past 8 months the union was on strike.
The union said if the government keep withholding their payment, they would be left with no other option but to embark on another indefinite strike.
This was disclosed by the ASUU chairman, University of Ilorin branch, Prof. Moyosore Ajao, at a special congress held at the university’s main auditorium on Monday.
Ajao urged Nigerians of good heart to exact pressure on the Nigerian government to comply with the payment of their 8 months’ salary in order to avert a collapse of order in our universities.
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In a statement titled, ‘Casualisation of Intellectual Workers in Nigeria: Prelude to Our Response,’ and read by the organization’s secretary, Dr AbdulGaniyu Olatunji, the chairman noted that if nothing is done, a fresh crisis is looming ahead.
Ajao said, “Members of the public are hereby sensitised and put on notice again that a fresh crisis, which will surpass all previous ones, is looming again in Nigerian universities as our members cannot and will not continue to do free work that will not be remunerated. We hope that with this notice, all relevant stakeholders, who have the ear of the government, will act fast before the fragile peace restored on our campuses nationwide collapses.
“Our union and its members should not be held responsible for the consequences that its actions, in response to the crude wickedness of the Nigerian state, would have on all stakeholders.”
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In a related development, the ASUU branch of the university of Ibadan, Oyo state, have held a protest march around the campus to protest the victimization of lecturers in Nigeria by the Federal Government.
The branch’s Chairman, Ayoola Akinwole, told journalist on Monday that the Federal Government had reneged on an agreement signed since December 23, 2020.
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Akinwole decried the situation as critical and blamed the Federal Government for playing politics with the lives of Nigerians, noting that some members of the union had already starved to death.
He said, “The only explanation for this is that the government is hell-bent on destroying ASUU in order to have the freedom to destroy public universities.
“As a union of intellectuals, it is our historical responsibility to protect public universities from collapse and fight for the interest of our members as well as the interests of the Nigerian students. All these considerations necessitate today’s protest.”