ASUU STRIKE: STUDENTS APPEAL FOR FG’S URGENT INTERVENTION .If govt. fails to do the needful, we go on indefinite strike – ASUU
ASUU STRIKE: STUDENTS APPEAL
FOR FG’S URGENT INTERVENTION
.If govt. fails to do the needful,
we go on indefinite strike – ASUU
Some students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently look into grievances of
striking lecturers to forestall incessant strikes in universities.
The students made the appeal in
Nsukka on Tuesday while reacting to the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The President of the Students Union Government (SUG) in the university, Mr Emmanuel Chukwu pleaded with President Muhammad Buhari to urgently address the grievances of the striking lecturers.
The President of the Students Union Government (SUG) in the university, Mr Emmanuel Chukwu pleaded with President Muhammad Buhari to urgently address the grievances of the striking lecturers.
Chukwu said that this had become
necessary in order to prevent disruption in the academic calendar of
universities in the country.
Miss Amarachi Okafor of the
Department of Psychology urged the Federal Government to dialogue with ASUU not
to allow the strike snowballed into an indefinite one. Okafor also pleaded with
ASUU to consider the plight of students who would be spending extra years in
the university, especially in this period of recession.
Meanwhile, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
chairman of UNN chapter, Dr Ifeanyi Abada has said that if government failed to
meet with ASUU’s demands they will go on an indefinite strike.
Dr. Abada said that
academic activities grounded in the university in compliance of directive by
the National Executive Committee of ASUU.
“NEC made efforts to resolve this issue with government but
it remained unyielding because of its insensitivity to issues concerning
education.
“Since government failed to do the needful, ASUU is left
with no option than to proceed on a one week warning strike and failure to meet
with our demands we will go on an indefinite strike,’’ he said.
Abada said that ASUU was not taking it lightly with
government on issues raised, especially the demand that universities be
exempted from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy.
“The strike compliance in UNN is total, no lectures, no
examinations no departmental and faculty meetings as members will not
participate.
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