ASUU Strike: Presidency lied against ASUU, By Nasir
Fagge
The letter from the Government, signed by Dr. Mac
John Nwaobiala, was delivered at ASUU National
Secretariat on 6th November, 2013. ASUU had made it
clear to Government through the Minister of Education, and at the meetings held with Government’s
representative, that our Union does not have an
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT who has the power to decide for
the Union on crucial matters, including and especially
on trade disputes and strikes. Similarly, the internal
democracy of our Union does not permit the Principal Officers to make decisions on Union matters of trade
disputes without advice from the National Executive
Council. Allowing branches to meet, advise and take
positions is the only way we know how to run a
democratic organisation.
2. The content of ASUU’s reply Here is the relevant portion of ASUU’s reply to
government’s letter, as contained in Union’s letter
of 22nd November, 2013 signed by Nasir F. Isa,
President of ASUU:
“On behalf of NEC I hereby convey the Union’s
appreciation of the expressed concern of Your Excellency to bring an end to the crisis occasioned by
the poor implementation of the 2009 Agreement and
the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) arising
therefrom through your personal intervention.
NEC would have taken a definitive decision on ending
the strike, especially in view of Your Excellency’s intervention but for certain uncertainties, the
clearance of which would have been decisive in
making the relevant decision. These uncertainties
involve issues on which ASUU members nationwide
have strong feelings. They are about certain gaps
evident in Government’s report as presented to our Union.
Specifically, our members are requesting that Your
Excellency facilitates the resolution of the issues as a
way of concretising their understanding of the agreed
positions. This will involve the following:
(a) That the N200 billion agreed upon as 2013 Revitalisation Fund for public universities shall be
deposited with the CBN and disbursed to the
benefitting universities within two weeks.
(b) That the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement in
2014 be included in the final document as agreed at
the discussion with Your Excellency. (c) That a Non-victimisation clause which is normally
captured in all interactions of this nature be included
in the final document and
(d) That a new Memorandum of Understanding shall
be validly endorsed, signed by a representative of
government, preferably the Attorney General of the Federation and a representative of ASUU, with the
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as a
witness.
Your Excellency please be assured that the Union is
willing to do all that is needful to resolve the lingering
crisis as soon as the expressed observations of our members are addressed.
Thank you
Yours in the struggle
Naisr F. Isa, Ph.D http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/150783-presidency-lied-ASUU-nasir-fagge.html

I'm beginin 2 gt confuzd on dz matter.....Can som1 summariz wotz rily goin on btwn ASUU nd fg plz?

B4 i 4get,how many lecturers report to work today in ur locality?
Nonesense,u thnk say ASUU na labour congress?
Sorry,i just d vexx sha o