THE STRIKE HAS JUST STARTED - Nigeria Federal Universities

THE STRIKE HAS JUST STARTED "Check out the Threat & Response between Jonathan & ASUU"

FG threatens ASUU to resume on or b4 December 4th or lose their jobs. Yesterday Thursday, ASUU on the other hand described the threat by the federal government to sack lecturers if they don’t return to classroom as empty threat that
could not hold water.

The union said it is vindicated that the Federal government was
not ready to implement
resolutions reached with the union.

ASUU said the threat will fail, adding that Nigerian public universities need 60,000 lecturers due to government’s failure to employ more capable
hands into the system.

The union said federal
government is wasting the time of Nigerians youths by failing to
perfect the resolutions and get the strike suspended.

The ASUU National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, while responding to the government’s
directive, said the threat does not hold water as it has confirmed the fears that the federal
government cannot be trusted.

The don said, “With the latest action, the federal government has shown that they are not
committed to all they have been saying. We are saying that since we agreed at the meeting that the sum of 200 billion naira is for
2012 and 2013 revitalisation, the
federal government should deposit same in the Central Bank of Nigerian. We are already in November and December is around the corner. If they don’t
do that now, when do they want to do it? We are saying the non-
victimization clause should be included as agreed while the
renegotiation of the 2009
agreement should be included as agreed with the presidents”.

“It is a pity if the federal
government is not willing to perfect the resolutions reached with union. This is why we find it difficult to trust our leaders by
their words. How can someone be threatening to sack lecturers when universities are already short-staffed by almost 60,000.

We are not in military era. The military tried it and failed. This one will fail again. They can re-
open the school. ASUU did not shut down the universities. It was the management of the
schools that ordered the
students to go back home.”

SOURCE: The Nation Newspaper (Friday, 29th of November)