Strike will be Indefinite, won’t end until all agreements are fulfilled – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, has threatened a total showdown with the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.

The union stated this during a press conference at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on Monday.

The union stated that it would embark on an indefinite strike as “the magnanimity of ASUU that resulted in various MOUs and MOAs arising from the 2009 agreement has been spurned by the Federal Government.”

Leaders of the union from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State University, Owerri, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, and Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, were in attendance.
ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Mr Uzo Onyebinama, explained that some lecturers are being owed as much as 10 months’ salary.

“As we speak now, the Federal Government is in arrears of major components of the agreement, and that includes funding for the revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, and the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

“The consequences of the Federal Government’s refusal to implement the 2009 agreement is that the union has resolved to go on an indefinite strike any moment and once it begins, it will not stop until all agreements are fulfilled.”

The upcoming strike by the nation’s university lecturers, according to ASUU Benin Zone, is a last resort to draw government attention to their predicament rather than hinder academic activity.