A new update on the ongoing face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has revealed that the disagreement between the two parties has deepened.
The current report is that the two parties are even yet to agree on any date to continue the negotiation. This was disclosed by the president of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi. According to him, none of the issues presented by the union have been addressed to a logical conclusion.
“What our members are saying is that if each time we go on an action like this, the government will make promises and sign a memorandum of action and they will keep it for the next two weeks, two or even three months and will promise we will get revitalization. They will say Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) will be paid because we have agreed on the framework of payment. After that, they will go to sleep. Our members are saying that this time around, they don’t want promises. They want action. So, there is a difference between saying we have addressed all the issues and we have delivered on all of the issues.” He emphasised.
The ASUU president warned that the federal government’s poor handling of the industrial crisis could lead to another wave of brain drain, adding that already, Ethiopia has recruited over 200 Nigerian professors
Meanwhile, ASUU also yesterday denounced the Twitter account, registered in its name, which asked students of public universities to prepare for resumption as a positive outcome is expected from the union on Wednesday.
Ogunyemi described the information as fake news, saying that the union does not operate any Twitter account.
“That is not the way we share our information; we have a way of sharing our information and that is why we are advising our friendly media to always double check with us anything they are in doubt of. ASUU will never say any such thing on Twitter,” he added.
