Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU says it is highly hypocritical for the Federal Government to freely sign MoU or MoA to get it to suspend a strike and then turn around to ignore their implementation.
The Abuja zonal coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Salahu Lawal, told journalists on Thursday that such action is an invitation for another strike by the union.
“More than one year since our union suspended the nine-month-long national strike, the Federal Government is yet to respond to key demands,’’ he said.
“Our demands remain the full implementation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement as renegotiated in 2021, based on ILO’s collective bargaining principles.
“The implementation of all outstanding provisions in the February 2021 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action.
“The immediate deployment of ASUU’S innovation of a more robust system of human resource management and compensation called the UTAS.
“Immediate payment of outstanding Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and promotions arrears to our members.
“Immediate release of the report of the Presidential Visitation Panels to federal universities in 2021.
“Immediate action on the recommendations of the Committee on State Universities.”
Lawal said meeting the demands of ASUU will go a long way to address the deplorable conditions in which varsity students live and learn.
He, therefore, called on stakeholders to impress on the government to honour its agreement with the union to avert another strike.
