ASUU STRIKE: How Nigerian Universities Voted (As At Wednesday, 24th August, 2022)
All hope of undergraduates returning to classes soon is tied to one decisive meeting by the National Executive Council meeting on Monday 29th of August, 2022 by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
As compiled by Campus Catch NG, 99.9% of universities have already voted for the strike to turn indefinite.
Some branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in state-owned universities have vowed to remain on strike following the failure of the Federal Government to successfully negotiate with the national body of the union.
Chairpersons of ASUU in the affected state universities, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, described as “ignorant” calls for the suspension of the strike in state-owned universities.
The PUNCH reports that the national body of ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022 declared a national strike, thereby grounding academic activities in federal universities and some state-owned universities across the country.
The national body had requested from the Federal Government the release of revitalisation funds to universities; earned allowances; deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers; release of the white paper on the visitation panels to universities among others.
The recent development concerning the indefinite strike has generated several reactions from Nigerians especially students who have been affected by the strike.
"ASUU members mean serious business. Lamentably, the students are the ones who will bear the brunt."
"The government should give them what they want."
All hope of undergraduates returning to classes soon is tied to one decisive meeting by the National Executive Council meeting on Monday 29th of August, 2022 by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
As compiled by Campus Catch NG, 99.9% of universities have already voted for the strike to turn indefinite.
Some branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in state-owned universities have vowed to remain on strike following the failure of the Federal Government to successfully negotiate with the national body of the union.
Chairpersons of ASUU in the affected state universities, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, described as “ignorant” calls for the suspension of the strike in state-owned universities.
The PUNCH reports that the national body of ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022 declared a national strike, thereby grounding academic activities in federal universities and some state-owned universities across the country.
The national body had requested from the Federal Government the release of revitalisation funds to universities; earned allowances; deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers; release of the white paper on the visitation panels to universities among others.
The recent development concerning the indefinite strike has generated several reactions from Nigerians especially students who have been affected by the strike.
"ASUU members mean serious business. Lamentably, the students are the ones who will bear the brunt."
"The government should give them what they want."