The Tutorial Employees Union of Universities has knowledgeable the Federal Authorities of its plans to embark on a nationwide strike by putting the federal government on a 21-day discover, The PUNCH experiences.
Sources throughout the Nationwide Govt Council of ASUU confirmed the event to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday.
The discover was issued on the finish of the NEC assembly, which was held on the College of Ibadan, and a duplicate is anticipated to be transmitted to the Federal Ministries of Labour and Training.
“It’s not an ultimatum however a strike discover. We’re giving them 21 days’ discover, after which we will embark on strike.
“Our purpose for placing out the discover is that it’s a requirement beneath labour legal guidelines so we try to make sure that all our actions are accomplished in keeping with the legislation,” the supply stated.
It could be recalled that ASUU had threatened to embark on strike over the non-implementation of agreements reached with the federal authorities.
On June 26, the Minister of Training, Prof. Tahir Mamman, invited the union to a gathering to deliberate on the lingering points affecting universities and to avert the deliberate strike.
The nationwide president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who spoke on the end result of the assembly stated the agreements reached with the Federal Authorities had not been applied.
“On the assembly known as by the Minister of Training, we agreed that after two weeks, we are going to meet to see the progress the federal government has made.
“We will even see what we are going to do subsequent if the federal government fail to implement the agreements reached.”
The ASUU president stated a few of the calls for included the non-implementation of the 2009 re-negotiated agreements.
He stated the agreements had lingered for over six years, and the federal government had but to implement them.
Osodeke stated the educational allowances as a result of their members had additionally gathered for over six years, and nothing had been accomplished about it.
On the problem of the revitalisation fund, he stated they agreed on the Wants Evaluation Report to boost N200 billion yearly for 5 years.
“Since 2013, just one has been paid. We’d like revitalisation funds to improve our universities to plain in order that we will have college students and lecturers from outdoors the nation,” he stated.
Oshodeke added that the federal government had but to cease the proliferation of universities, including that many new universities had been being accepted with out funds to run them.