The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that it would soon embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demands one month after it suspended a nine-month-old strike.
Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chiarman of the University of Jos chapter of the Union, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union suspended a nine-month-old industrial action in December 2020.
Recall that ASUU embarked on an earlier strike over the failure of Federal Government to address all the issues raised in the 2009 agreement it entered with the union.
Maigoro, who described the Federal Government as an ‘unfaithful spouse’, said the union would not relent until the standard of education is uplifted in the country.
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‘The government’s pattern of response to issues is that of a serial promise breaker.
‘Like an unfaithful spouse, they are unable to match their words with action which is affecting the education sector negatively.
‘We are tired of their deceit and it is time for us to take action and so we want to inform Nigerians that we are tired of fruitless meetings with the Minister of Labour, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, the Chief of Staff to the President, among others.
“If they ever want us to listen to them, they should first of all act on the promises they have already made,’ he said.
The chairman wondered why government had continued to defend the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), a system, he said, has been thrashed by the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.
Maigoro maintained that the demands of the union are not personal, but a conscious effort aimed at uplifting the standard of university education in the country.
He added that over the years, the union had engaged government over all the issues and it promised immediate implementation, but nothing has been done till date.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
