{"id":121655,"date":"2025-08-27T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121655"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:36:11","slug":"asuu-warns-against-further-neglect-of-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/asuu-warns-against-further-neglect-of-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUU\u00a0 Warns Against Further Neglect Of Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka Zone, has declared its readiness to resist what it described as the Federal Government\u2019s (FG) persistent attempt to undermine and impoverish the nation\u2019s academic system.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Union also issued a caution to parents and students across universities under the zone, notifying them of an imminent strike should government continue to ignore their long-standing demands.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nsukka Zone of ASUU comprises Benue State University (BSU), Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Federal University Wukari (FUW), Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Kogi State University, Anyigba (KSU), and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a press briefing held at the Moses Orshio Adasu University (formerly Benue State University), on Wednesday, the Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Christian Opata, stressed that while universities across the country face peculiar challenges, the current agitation is centered on the implementation of the recommendations of the Yayale Ahmed Committee.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He lamented that despite several agreements reached with ASUU in the past, successive governments have consistently failed to honor their promises, adding that the union has refrained from strike actions in the last two years, not because issues have been addressed, but to avoid being unfairly labeled as \u201cstrike mongers.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cASUU, as a body of intellectuals, remains resolute in the struggle to reposition Nigeria as a true giant in terms of educational quality and technological advancement among nations. The deliberate impoverishment of Nigerian academics is unacceptable. Our struggle will continue until government prioritizes education and restores the dignity of the system, as was the case in the early post-independence era.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are drawing the attention of Nigerians, especially students and their parents, to an approaching storm. If allowed to escalate, it could snowball into a crisis of unimaginable proportions. For over a decade, we have dialogued with government, signed agreements, set timelines, yet each time government deliberately discards the agreements.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes, Nigerians may be surprised that we have not gone on strike for two years. This does not mean our concerns have been resolved, but was a conscious decision to show Nigerians and the international community that we are not addicted to strikes as government wants the public to believe. But after giving government sufficient time to demonstrate sincerity, we may have no choice but to return to the trenches.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opata further faulted government\u2019s claim of insufficient funds to properly finance education, pointing out that initiatives such as the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF) have proved otherwise. He condemned government\u2019s disregard for the work of several renegotiation committees including those led by Wale Babalakin, Munzali Jibril, Nimi Briggs, and now Yayale Ahmed, despite heavy investments of time and public funds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSince February 2025, the renegotiated agreement of the Yayale Ahmed-led committee has been before the government, yet nothing meaningful has been done. If the idea is to test the will of our union, then it is time to respond,\u201d he warned.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASUU therefore called on Nigerians and the international community to prevail on government to act responsibly, warning that the union may no longer attend meetings convened without a show of genuine commitment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA stitch in time saves nine,\u201d Opata cautioned.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka Zone, has declared its readiness to resist what it described as the Federal Government\u2019s (FG) persistent attempt to undermine&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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