Uyo – A Lecturer at the University
of Calabar, Dr Edidiong Ebitu, has
described the new demands by
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) as an act of
sabotage of the education sector.
Ebitu made the declaration on
Friday in an interview in Uyo.
The teacher, who is a senior
lecturer in the Department of
Marketing in the university, said
he was in support of the Federal
Government’s directive that
lecturers should resume classes.
“The various branches of ASUU
had already voted to resume
classes. The over four-months
strike has done enough damage
to the system.
“The president had made
reasonable concessions, so ASUU
should resume for other things to
fall in place,” he said.
However, reacting to Ebitu’s views,
the Secretary of the University of
Uyo Branch of ASUU, Dr Aniekan
Brown, debunked the claim that
ASUU was making fresh demands.
“ASUU is not making fresh
demands, ASUU is asking for the
implementation of 2009
agreements.
“If any ASUU member says ASUU
is making fresh demands, I doubt
if that person is an ASUU member,
that person is not informed,”
Brown said.
ASUU is demanding among other
things, immediate payment of all
outstanding salary arrears and
allowances of members withheld
during the strike.
The union is also demanding a
written commitment from the
president that N225 billion will be
committed to funding universities
annually for the next four years.
The Federal Ministry of Education
had on Nov. 28, directed the
authorities of federal universities
to re-open classes immediately
and to treat lecturers who refused
to resume work as having
resigned. (NAN)

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ASUU una neva c anytin yet...shey na we (students),una wan kip 4 haux...