The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given three conditions to be tabled before President Goodluck Jonathan today. If the terms are acceptable to the Federal Government, the union will call off the strike.


The ASUU leadership has banned its local chapters and zonal chairmen from talking to the media until after the session with the President.

ASUU President Dr. Nasir Issa Fagge and other leaders of the union were being expected in Abuja last night.

According to a source, who was part of the ASUU session at Mambayya House in Kano, the conditions are:

•Commitment from the President that any review or reconsideration or renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement will not substantially affect the pact which is the cause of the ongoing strike;

•Immediate payment of all outstanding salary arrears and allowances of varsity teachers without victimization; and

•A written commitment from the President that the Federal Government will commit N225billion annually to the funding of universities for the next four years.

There is a fourth condition, which is said to be “personal” to ASUU, bordering on the need to be wary of gradual loss of public sympathy.

The union leaders were said to have recognised public goodwill for the strike and the need to avert any action that could erode such confidence.

The source said: “Our leaders are meeting with the President on Monday to table these conditions. Once the President accepts these three terms, the strike will be called off.

“In principle, members voted about 60-40 per cent to call off the strike, but they added a caveat – that ASUU leaders should extract a commitment (signed and sealed) from the President.

The union is said to have insisted on the three conditions because during talks with the Federal Government, it was apparent that the government wanted a renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement.

“If ASUU had accepted to renegotiate the entire Agreement , it means there will be no basis for the ongoing strike. The worst that can happen is either having the abridged version of the 2009 Agreement or a phased implementation of the document,” the source added.

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State became at the weekend the third institution to break ranks with the striking union.

It asked its students to return to the campus today. Lecture are to start on December 2, according to the Registrar, Mr. Bamidele Olotu.

Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), Enugu, and the Ibrahim Badamosi University, Lapai, in Niger State had earlier directed the reopening of the schools.

The registrar directed students to begin their registration on the school portal immediately.

AAUA Student Union President Julius Adeniyi welcomed the resumption plan and assured his fellow students of a hitch-free semester.

He said: “We are dying and wasting away our time at home; and I am backing my Vice Chancellor on the resumption date. We are coming in and nothing will happen.”

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link2ok: I cnt believe am actually on FP! Wat a day 2rememba! Wnt to dedicate this victory to my pastor who tru his constant prayer made me attain dis height,2d deacons in ma church and entire member who have prayed tirelessly for me, also wnt to say a big thnk u @home who gave me this opportunity,praying that soon it wuld b ur day! Thank U,gracia,inapenga. I love U.

Mike chinos: After almost five months of failed
negotiations, Nigerian university lecturers
have agreed to end the ongoing strike.
However, the teachers, under the umbrella of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) have stated three conditions which
must be met before the strike could be called
off.
The conditions will be presented to President
Goodluck Jonathan along with the Federal
Government team today and if all parties are
in agreement with the terms, the strike
would be called off.
Nigerian Eye reports:
The ASUU leadership has banned its local
chapters and zonal chairmen from talking to
the media until after the session with the
President. ASUU President Dr. Nasir Issa
Fagge and other leaders of the union were
being expected in Abuja last night.
According to a source, who was part of the
ASUU session at Mambayya House in Kano,
the conditions are:
•Commitment from the President that
any review or reconsideration or
renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement
will not substantially affect the pact
which is the cause of the ongoing strike;
•Immediate payment of all outstanding
salary arrears and allowances of varsity
teachers without victimization; and
•A written commitment from the
President that the Federal Government
will commit N225billion annually to the
funding of universities for the next four
years.
There is a fourth condition, which is said to
be “personal” to ASUU, bordering on the
need to be wary of gradual loss of public
sympathy.
The union leaders were said to have
recognised public goodwill for the strike and
the need to avert any action that could erode
such confidence.
The source said: “Our leaders are meeting
with the President on Monday to table these
conditions. Once the President accepts these
three terms, the strike will be called off.
“In principle, members voted about 60-40
percent to call off the strike, but they added
a caveat – that ASUU leaders should extract a
commitment (signed and sealed) from the
President.
The union is said to have insisted on the
three conditions because during talks with
the Federal Government, it was apparent that
the government wanted a renegotiation of
the 2009 Agreement.
“If ASUU had accepted to renegotiate the
entire Agreement , it means there will be no
basis for the ongoing strike. The worst that
can happen is either having the abridged
version of the 2009 Agreement or a phased
implementation of the document,” the source
added.

link2ok: I cnt believe am actually on FP! Wat a day 2rememba! Wnt to dedicate this victory to my pastor who tru his constant prayer made me attain dis height,2d deacons in ma church and entire member who have prayed tirelessly for me, also wnt to say a big thnk u @home who gave me this opportunity,praying that soon it wuld b ur day! Thank U,gracia,inapenga. I love U.

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