The Federal Government, yesterday, condemned the
new conditions which Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, insists must be met before the
five-month old strike could be called off.
The three conditions were payment of four months
salaries, which accumulated during the period of the
strike; immediate implementation of the N1.2 trillion
offered by the government to public universities,
starting with the release of N100 billion this year and
the balance of N1.1 trillion to be spread over five
years from 2014.
The union also demanded that the salary arrears must
not be paid in piecemeal.
ASUU cartoon
These were some of the resolutions reached by
members of the National Executive Council, NEC, of
the union that met in Kano on Friday.
Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike,
condemned the new conditions but assured that he
would present them before President Goodluck
Jonathan.
EBSU breaks ranks, recalls students
Meanwhile, the management of Ebonyi State
University, Abakaliki, EBSU, yesterday ordered
lecturers and students of the institution to return to
classes following the inability of ASUU to end its
strike.
A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr.
Sam Egwu, stressed that the institution had resolved
to resume academic activities regardless of the
ASUU-FG dispute, adding that academic activities
would resume in all the campuses of the institution
from today, Tuesday, November 26.
EBSU chapter of ASUU however, said that lecturers
would not return to classes until their demands were
met in line with the position of its national body.
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