• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Friday, March 31, 2023
The Union Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Security
    • Judiciary
    • Special Reports
  • Politics
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Communication
    • Energy
    • Maritime
    • Oil & Gas
    • Technology
    • Tourism
  • Health
  • Education
  • Arts & Life
    • Art
    • Books
    • Fashion
    • Lifestyle
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Athletics
    • Tennis
    • Racing
    • Golf
  • Press Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Interviews
    • Columns
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Security
    • Judiciary
    • Special Reports
  • Politics
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Communication
    • Energy
    • Maritime
    • Oil & Gas
    • Technology
    • Tourism
  • Health
  • Education
  • Arts & Life
    • Art
    • Books
    • Fashion
    • Lifestyle
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Athletics
    • Tennis
    • Racing
    • Golf
  • Press Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Interviews
    • Columns
The Union Nigeria

ASUU Members Threaten ‘Fresh Strike’ (See Reasons)

A Professor at University of Ibadan, who pleaded anonymity, said: “Well, the point is that, not that the federal government stopped paying our salaries but they have not paid it in accordance with the agreement.”

by The Union Nigeria
January 6, 2021
in Education
ASUU strike: How Students living off-Campus Are Bearing The Brunt

Strikes and protests

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare To WhatsAppSend To Mail

Across section of University lecturers have vowed to push for resumption of the suspended strike at their respective zonal levels over government’s ‘failure’ to honour agreements both parties reached at a meeting on December 22, last year.

Daily Trust reports that ASUU suspended its 9-month-old strike December 23rd, 2020 following certain agreements reached by both parties, which included payment of outstanding lecturers’ salaries on or before December 31, releasing of N40bn Earned Allowance before January 15, among others.

But in separate telephone interviews with our correspondent, the lecturers described the government’s refusal to honour the agreements as “insincerity”, saying such behaviour would be met with stiff resistance.

A Professor at University of Ibadan, who pleaded anonymity, said: “Well, the point is that, not that the federal government stopped paying our salaries but they have not paid it in accordance with the agreement.”

According to him, the agreements said they would pay by December 31st or before and “till now (Jan 5) they have not paid.”

ALSO READ  Bombs Not Planted In Abuja – Police

He added: “Even, the Earned Allowances they agreed to pay by December through January, they have not paid anything.

“They didn’t pay dime even before we suspended the strike by December 23rd, that is the government we are dealing with.

“After all these, people will be blaming ASUU.

“People can now understand why ASUU insisted on getting what they wanted before they called-off the strike.

“They have not paid anything. The agreements are in black and white.”

When asked the time they would resume the suspended strike, the University Don said they (ASUU members) had not been officially communicated.

The University Don stated: “That was why ASUU gave a conditional suspension of the strike.

“You will remember ASUU said emphatically that the suspension was conditional.

ALSO READ  CBN Accuses Rivers State Banks Of Hoarding Over N4.5billion Redesigned Notes
Students swallow bitter pills in FG/ ASUU disagreements.

“Ask me, the lecturers’ salaries were part of the 2020 budget.

“Where is the money now? The money they did not pay lecturers, where is it?

“That is the question the media should interrogate.

“They are not supposed to go and be looking for the money somewhere.

“We are dealing with an unreliable and insincere government.”

The tweets

Meanwhile, a twitter handle @ASUUNNGR, claiming to be the official twitter handle of ASUU, said the union will begin a fresh strike action next week.

In a tweet on Monday evening, it said: “FG fails to meet our Demand, Fresh Strike may begins next week.”

In another tweet on Tuesday morning, the body urged the government to honour the agreement reached on December 23.

When contacted, ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told Daily Trust on the phone that he wouldn’t want to comment on the issue at the moment.

ALSO READ  700,000 Displaced In Bayelsa As Flood Ravages 300 Communities

The agreement

According to the Memorandum of Action signed between the government and ASUU leadership at the meeting on December 22, the federal government agreed to release N40 billion to ASUU as earned allowance on or before December 31, 2020.

The government, through the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, was also supposed to continue the payment of the withheld salaries of the union members after Ngige got a special waiver from President Muhammadu Buhari to that effect.

But ASUU said, in Abuja, that the government had missed two timelines in the December 22, 2020 MoA with the failure to pay the N40 billion EAA and another tranche of the withheld four months salaries.

close

Subscribe To Receive Newsletters

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

ShareTweetSendSend
Previous Post

How Ex-Finbank MD, Three Others Were Jailed Over N18bn Theft

Next Post

Dr Dre In Hospital After Suffering Brain Aneurysm

MORE STORIES

Consolidate on Your Previous Records, Oyo NUT Urges Gov Makinde

Consolidate on Your Previous Records, Oyo NUT Urges Gov Makinde

March 28, 2023
IDU Hails Onowoakpo's 11 Years Of JAMB, University Scholarship

IDU Hails Onowoakpo’s 11 Years Of JAMB, University Scholarship

February 8, 2023
Cross River Govt Sacks 12 Principals Over Bribery

Cross River Govt Sacks 12 Principals Over Bribery

January 18, 2023
2023: Why Some APC Governors Are Angry With Buhari Over Naira Policy – Kwankwaso

JAMB Result Will Be Valid For Four Years – Kwankwaso

January 13, 2023

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

TRENDING STORIES

  • BREAKING: INEC Declares Tinubu President-Elect

    2023: Is Yekini Amoda Ogunlere The Real Name Of Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • SPECIAL REPORT: Despite Lack Of Funds Nigeria Gifts ₦806 Million To Guinea Bissau (See Implications)

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • SPECIAL REPORT: 49 Kidnapping Hotspots On South-West Roads Identified

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gov Poll: INEC Fixes Dates To Issue Certificates Of Return

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • TRENDING:  Why Redeemed Members In Diaspora Are Boycotting RCCG

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Petrol Price To Hit N750 Per Litre Soon, Stakeholders Warn

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 2023: How Politicians Plot To Achieve Interim Govt — DSS

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • PDP CRISIS: The Fight Has Just Started, Wike Tells Ayu

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Meet Man With Over 2600 Court Cases, See What He Did To Guinness For Publishing His Record

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • EXPOSE: How Abia INEC Returning Officer Was Pressurised To Manipulate Guber Results

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
ADVERTISEMENT

RECENT STORIES

Petroleum Minister Resigns To Pursue Gubernatorial Ambition

Petroleum Minister Resigns To Pursue Gubernatorial Ambition

March 31, 2023
PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE: News of Pipeline Attack In Isoko Fake – Isoko Youths To FG

PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE: News of Pipeline Attack In Isoko Fake – Isoko Youths To FG

March 31, 2023
2023: How Politicians Plot To Achieve Interim Govt — DSS

2023: How Politicians Plot To Achieve Interim Govt — DSS

March 30, 2023

2023: Why I Campaigned Hard, Made Important Promises – Tinubu

March 30, 2023
KANO: APC’s Candidate Gawuna Accepts Defeat, Congratulates Gov-Elect

KANO: APC’s Candidate Gawuna Accepts Defeat, Congratulates Gov-Elect

March 29, 2023

THE UNION NIGERIA

TheUnionNigeria.com is an independent, nonprofit news website that seeks to promote transparency and accountability through robust and objective reporting. We aim to critically engage you with news reports, Opinions, Editorials, Politics, Business Sports, Entertainment news, Lifestyle, Education, Videos, Photos, Documents and investigative reports.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

GET NEW POST ALERT

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

NEWS SOURCES

  • Africa.com
  • Businessday
  • Channels Television
  • Daily Independent
  • Daily Times
  • Daily Trust
  • Leadership Newspaper
  • National Daily
  • NewsDiary Online
  • Nigerian Tribune
  • Economic Confidential
  • Peoples Gazette
  • PM News
  • Pointblanknews
  • Premium Times
  • Punch
  • The Guardian
  • The Nation
  • The Sun
  • Thisday
  • TV360 Nigeria
  • Vanguard

©The Union Nigeria | Published By Flying Dutchman Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Judiciary
    • Security
    • Crime
    • Special Reports
  • Politics
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Communication
    • Energy
    • Maritime
    • Oil & Gas
    • Technology
    • Tourism
  • Health
  • Education
  • Arts & Life
    • Art
    • Books
    • Fashion
    • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Athletics
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Racing
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Interviews
  • Press Freedom
  • Columns
  • TUN TV
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US

©The Union Nigeria | Published By Flying Dutchman Limited.