ASUU President Professor Biodun Ogunyemi
By Joan Nwagwu
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has finally suspended its five-week old hit following a meeting with the Federal Government’s delegation.
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President reported this at a news gathering after the meeting with the Government on Monday in Abuja.
He said the union chose to restrictively suspend the strike in perspective of the timetable of October 2017 for the execution of the consented to arrangement.
As indicated by Ogunyemi, after a detailed and broad conference process, the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU has consented to restrictively suspend the industrial action.
“We are taking into cognisance the fact that major proposals from the government to address the contending issues in the strike action has a deadline of the end of October, 2017.
“All members of ASUU are to resume work after their branch congresses on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
“ However, ASUU will not hesitate to review its position should government renege on the signed Memorandum of Action,” he stated.
He encouraged the legislature not to intentionally shame the understanding, calling attention to that the consistent break of consented to arrangement has been in charge of the steady modern activities in the universities.
Ogunyemi said that the present concurrence with the legislature depends on common trust between the union and the government, including that the trust of the union must be regarded by the legislature.
Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, who drove the government side, for the reconciliatory talks guided all individuals from the union to come back to work after their branch congresses on Tuesday.
Ngige said that individuals from the union had demanded that they were worn out on having understandings that are not executed.
The Minister brought up that the substance of the understanding was taken from the arrangement of gatherings with the union since the beginning of the strike.
He stated further that both the legislature and the union comprehended themselves and concurred on a few issues.
He guaranteed the union that the understanding came to, would be actualized by the government in accordance with accessible assets.
He likewise said that the union consented to the exclusion offered by the government with respect to the Treasury Single Account (TSA), which incorporate the issue of grants, endowment fund and also pay deficiency, which he said is as of now being actualized by the government.
On the issue of state universities, he said they concurred that the union would present an admonitory paper to the Federal Government on the subsidizing of state universities.
He lauded the union individuals for being devoted, saying that any individual who requests better working hardware is an undoubted nationalist.
Source: NAN
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