ASUU strike to linger for another 3 months

Nigerian public university students are in for a longer stay at home as the Academic Staff of Union of Universities (ASUU) extended its three-month prolonged strike by an additional three months.

The students and other concerned parties, including members of civil society organisations have protested to say they are not ready for this action.

The students are demanding an immediate resolution of the crisis between ASUU and the Nigerian government.

On its part, ASUU has said the decision by the Nigerian government to “starve” its members over the ongoing prolonged strike will not yield any result.

The Nigerian government has imposed a “no-work no-pay” action on the University lecturers.
ASUU maintained that the decision was ill-advised and it would complicate matters.

The three-man committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the crisis has not yielded a result.

In February, President Buhari mandated the trio of his chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari, and ministers of education, labour, and employment, Chris Ngige and Adamu Adamu, to jointly address the disagreement between ASUU and the government.

But ASUU said the committee has not held a single meeting since February 1 when it was constituted.

The President has now begged ASUU itself to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike.