ASUU in a press statement yesterday, titled, “ASUU: On Government’s
Threat of No-Work, No-Pay”, signed by its chairman, University of Ibadan
(UI) chapter, Dr Olusegun Ajiboye, said members of the union have
resolved to pursue the strike to a logical conclusion.
The
statement said ASUU members are using the action to defend the integrity
of the university system in Nigeria and save it from universal mockery.
Dr Ajiboye said the minimum funding requirement for public universities
this year is N500 billion and not N100 billion, as being bandied around
by the Federal Government.
He warned that the union would resist anything short of N500 billion.
According to Dr. Ajiboye, the Federal Government’s offer of N100
billion appears to show that government “is just begging the matter”,
because it is like a drop in the ocean.
Vowing to continue the
strike in the face of blackmail and coercion using no-work, no-pay, Dr.
Ajiboye added, “The academics remain resolute on this struggle”.
He added: “Going by the ASUU agreement of 2009 and the Memorandum of
Agreement (MoU) signed by the Federal Government in January 2013, the
minimum funding requirement for the universities as at 2013 is N500
billion and not N100 billion. Only the provision of this will meet the
immediate needs of addressing the rot and decay in the public
universities. Anything short of this is not acceptable to the union.
“Therefore, rather than engage in cheap blackmail and unworkable
threat, the government should address the issues on the table.”
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