Lecturers rejects Buhari’s latest offer, strike continues

ASUU STRIKE!! Lecturers rejects Buhari’s latest offer, strike continues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) gave reasons for the rejection the Buhari-led 

Federal Government offer.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the ongoing strike by the union 

will continue until the federal government resolve all the issues in contention.

It also said it has rejected Babalakin who led the FG negotiation team. This stance is coming 

as the Union maintained that the first meeting held with the Minister of Labour and 

Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige has yet to go into substantive issues which led to the strike.

While speaking to newsmen after the Congress of the Union, chairman ASUU, University of 

Ibadan, Dr Deji Omole said ASUU members will not allow the ruling elite to destroy the heritage 

of the poor which is qualitative public varsity education.

According to Omole, Wale Babalakin who is the leader of Federal Government team is being 

rejected by the Union because he is an interested party pursuing a private university license 

and will do everything to jeopardize public education funding.

Omole noted that a situation whereby two members in the FG team are pursuing their private 

university licenses indicate they will not favour funding of public education.

The ASUU boss maintained that the three-week old ASUU  strike is borne out of genuine and 

patriotic commitment to ensure a better future for children of the masses and that of Nigeria.

He therefore dismissed the allegation being bandied by the government that the strike was 

political.

“How can our strike be political when there are matters that you as government signed into 

and you failed to fulfill your promises? To us, it is the Federal government that is being political 

with the truth by becoming untrustworthy.

“How can the President and his Vice be asking Nigerian universities to become one of the 

leading universities of the world without making the same commitments responsive and 

responsible governments in the world are making to Education? Our leadership have shown 

consistent disrespect for agreements and this is why they can no longer be trusted by our 

Union.”

ASUU had declared total, indefinite and comprehensive strike over failure of the Buhari-led 

federal government to fulfill the content of the Memorandum of Action it signed with the Union 

in 2017 bothering on revitalisation and funding of universities, unpaid accumulated earned 

academic allowances, release of University staff pension company license among other issues.

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