BREAKING: All Nigerian Universities To Be Shut Down Under Buhari, Until Further Notice.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has

revealed that it has commenced national

mobilisation for strike action against the President

Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, over

the failed implementation of the agreement it reach

with the Union.

Speaking with Newsmen after its Congress, the

Chairman, ASUU, University of Ibadan Chapter, Prof.

Deji Omole, lamented that despite its efforts at

making Nigeria great through education, successive

administrations have positioned themselves to make

Nigeria retrogressive.

He described the Federal Government as a serial

defaulter and bad example for Nigerian youths.

The Union accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led

government of eroding the trust people initially

reposed in them to reposition the education system

in the country.

According to him, the Union is not happy with the

government, over its consistent failure to fully

implement any of the agreements reached with the

Union.

Omole said that the main conflicting areas are the

unfulfilled 2009 agreement, 2012 Memorandum of

Understanding, 2013 Memorandum of

Understanding, 2017 Memorandum of Action, and

2019 memorandum of Action.

He maintained that the Federal Government has

been paying lip service to funding public education,

saying that government has failed to honour the

sustainable funding agreement it reached with the

Union.

The ASUU Boss, listed the areas in dispute to

include payment of outstanding balance of earned

academic allowance up till 2018, unpaid annual

salary increment, failure to activate the visitation

panels to varsities, and failure of the government to

commence a renegotiation team.

“Government is untrustworthy. They are paying lip

service to everything, including Education. Things

are going worse than before.’’

“Their policies are ill-conceived, hence creating more problems than they can solve. Our members are being mobilised. They are to be at alert. This

government is wicked.

“They are impoverishing Lecturers. With meagre

amount being paid, some Departments now beg

Lecturers to donate paper to run government

business. IPPIS is a distraction. They should honour

our agreements, to avert strike”, he said.