The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it would embark on a
\none week warning strike over failure by the Federal Government to
\nimplement the 2009 Agreement and 2013 MoU.<\/p>\n
ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, spoke on Monday<\/span><\/span> at the \u201cMany aspects of the 2013 MoU and the 2009 agreement with the Federal \u201cThe agreements are: Payments of staff entitlements since December 2015, \u201cFailure by the Federal Government to implement this agreement has put ASUU president said that during the warning strike, there shall be no of the 2016 Annual Budget, our union wondered aloud why allocation to \u201cWe tried to correct the erroneous impression in government circles that The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it would embark on a one week warning strike over failure by the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreement and 2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nUniversity of Abuja during a press conference organised by the union.
\nMr. Ogunyemi said following a nationwide consultation with members, the
\nNational Executive Council, NEC, of ASUU resolved to embark on a one week
\nwarning strike from Wednesday November16<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nGovernment have either been unimplemented or despairingly handled.<\/p>\n
\nfunding of universities for revitalisation, pension, TSA and university
\nautonomy and renegotiation of 2009 Agreement.<\/p>\n
\nASUU leadership in severe difficulty, responding to inquiries from members
\nof the union about the state of our agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nteaching, examination and no attendance at statutory meetings in all
\nbranches.
\nHe, however, called on all education-loving Nigerians to prevail on the
\nFederal Government to address the patriotic demands of ASUU until the
\nNigerian university system is repositioned.<\/p>\n
\neducation dropped from 11 per cent in 2015 to eight per cent in 2016.
\n\u201cWith the introduction of TSA, the federal universities find it extremely
\ndifficult to discharge their core responsibilities of teaching, research
\nand community services.<\/p>\n
\nthe capital and research grants to universities were being handled by the
\nTertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund),\u201d he said.
\n(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"