Information reaching Rextun City Updates have further indicated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria might be embarking on a one month warning strike.
ThIs was disclosed by a source on condition of anonymity. The decision was taken at a NEC meeting in the early hours of Monday 14th February.
According to the source, who was part of the meeting, the union took the decision “reluctantly” despite interventions by many prominent Nigerians.
ASUU rounded off its “NEC for NEC” meeting at about 3 a.m on Monday when the branch chairman of the union in UNILAG, Dele Ashiru, confirmed that the national President, Emmanuel Osodeke, would address the media by 9 a.m. on Monday.
ASUU’s demands
The demands of the lecturers’ union have barely changed since the signing of the ASUU/FG 2009 agreement.
These demands include the sustainability of the university autonomy, which the union said the introduction of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) for the payment of its emoluments violates. The union seeks its replacement with its own University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
Other demands include the endorsement of the renegotiated 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, which it said was concluded in May, 2021; release of the reports of visitation panels to federal universities and distortions in salary payment challenges.
ASUU also demands funding for revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowance, improved funding of state universities and promotion arrears.
