The ASUU Coordinator of Abuja zone, Dr Salau Muhammed Lawal, have made a statement during the press conference at the University of Abuja in Gwagwalada on Monday, saying “The summary is that unless and until the renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed and implemented and UTAS deployed, there will be no work in public universities”.
The zone comprises Federal University of Lafia, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, and the University of Abuja.
Dr Salau went further in his statement that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a four week rolling strike at the University of Lagos National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on February 14. The federal government turned deaf ears to the pleas of the union thereby causing an increase of another eight weeks which took place at an emergency NEC meeting at the Festus Iyayi National Secretariat on March 14.
He said the aim of the Union is to force the Federal Government to sign and implement the draft renegotiated 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement submitted to it by the Prof. Munzali Committee since May 2021.
This he explained that the Federal Government has ignored. In his words he said “No meeting has been held between the two parties since the commencement of the ongoing strike. The only exception is our union’s re-submission of UTAS for a retest”.
