Why we suspended two-Week Warning Strike - ASUU
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Why we suspended two-Week Warning Strike - ASUU
By Johnson Arua
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its ongoing two-week warning strike.
ASUU’s National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, announced the suspension on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja.
According to him, the decision followed the outcome of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the union, which held overnight and ended around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
Prof. Piwuna explained that the strike was initially declared due to the government’s failure to address the union’s long-standing demands.
“We’ve had useful engagements with representatives of the government to consider their response to the draft renegotiation of the 2009 agreement. However, we are definitely not where we were before the commencement of the strike,” he said.
The ASUU president added that while the government had returned to the negotiation table, more work still needed to be done to reach a lasting resolution.
“NEC came to the conclusion that the ongoing strike should be reviewed. The decision to review the strike action was influenced by the interventions of our students, parents, and the Nigeria Labour Congress.
“Consequently, NEC resolved to suspend the warning strike to reciprocate the efforts of well-meaning Nigerians,” Piwuna stated.
ASUU had on Monday, October 13, declared a total and comprehensive warning strike to press home its demands.
The union is demanding the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN–ASUU agreement, payment of withheld three and a half months’ salaries, sustainable funding and revitalisation of public universities, and an end to the alleged victimisation of lecturers in LASU, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO).
Other demands include the payment of outstanding 25–35% salary arrears, settlement of promotion arrears of over four years, and release of withheld third-party deductions, such as cooperative contributions and union check-off dues.
