University lecturers yesterday reiterated their commitment to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, saying not even the attempt by the Federal Government to withhold their salaries would stop them from continuing with the strike action.
Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Abuja chapter, Dr. Clement Chup, stated in an interview that the Federal Government, threatening to withhold their salaries, would not make them abandon their cause.
“Yes, the non-payment of our August salary is another attempt by the government to stampede us into breaking the strike, and as usual, it will not work.
“Our next line of action is to continue with the strike. We had, on July 2, commenced a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action, and as long as the government does not meet our demand of implementing the FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement, the strike will continue,” Chup said.
He also described a section of the National Association of Nigerian Students distancing themselves from the strike as “politically motivated students.”
It is too shamefull of this country Nigeria that this kind of strike lingers on this way for 3 months. this kind of nonsense is never heard in any country of the world. Let asuu stop playing politics with their union & return back to the classes while gov.t take them serious. A statistics showed that the fed gov.t earned 3trilion Naira from 1999 to 2012 in foreign exchange earning. Now asuu is trying to claim d amount earned by the gov.t in 7 & half yrs. Let asuu be realistic & call off the strike
Assu should consider the fact that,a story buliding can never be completed in a day.asuu should have a rethink and get down to work.
ASUU is quoted as saying their next line of action is to continue with the strike… Is that truly a ‘next line of action’?. It is just a repitition of the same old thing evry year. ASUU shld begin †Φ think like scholars and not an ordinary labour union. Pfft!
Asuu pls hav mercy on us students for we ar de one suffering…remember all this dat u people ar doing God is watching…so if u asuu n federal govt were the givers of life we for all perish
Do unto others wat u tink is right for one day we wil stand bfor d creator n giv account of all…asuu n federal govt pls stop punishing n delaying de destiny of the poor students in dis country
Do unto others wat u tink is right for one day we wil stand bfor d creator n giv account of all…asuu n federal govt pls stop punishing n delaying de destiny of the poor students in dis country…
FG has no direction. The amount it spends no national assembly in two months is enough to make our universities world class. How far can we go with corruption in this country called Nigeria?
Asuu should be realistic in making request of the amount of money to be given to them. And even if the FG meets up with the outrageous amount they are requesting, will they stop making text book compulsory and stop giving students F when they don’t buy text books from them instead of buying from the university bookshop which way too cheap compared to the amount we buy from lectures in some of the universities in southeast.
F*ck u ASUU, u claim u fight 4 d student welfare while ur fighting 4 ur pockets, nonsense. How many time has lecturers gone in2 a hall, speak bla bla n go out of d class witout minding if d student heard him well or understand at all…yet ur here shamelessly trying 2 fight 4 ppls money…idont blame u at all ASUU cos gun men havent traced ur homes 1 after d other by bet me soon they will if u dont mind ur selves
I think both the FG and asuu knows the game.it all politics.i advice nigeria student just forget the un realiztic leader’s of nigeria and face a bigger picture.assu or fg cant play it for long.
I don’t blame asuu bcos our money ar almost been used up by politicains 4gating dat a country without education z blind. So, i beg of asuu to pls help us and call off the strike as soon as possible 4gatn d mess. I wil not so much blame govt bcos d price mentioned by asuu is too much. But, asuu please consider our poor govt nd call off strike.