ASUU Strike: FG Reacts to ASUU 21-Day Ultimatum

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 22nd Aug, 2024 - tori.ng

Recall that ASUU warned that lecturers would be forced to embark on another strike except the Federal Government met their demands before the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum.

The Federal Ministry of Education has reacted to an ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Recall that after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, the union had given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to meet its outstanding demands or lecturers would go on strike.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke stated this on Wednesday during a press conference and insisted that lecturers would be forced to embark on another strike except the Federal Government met their demands before the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum.

But when contacted on the phone on Wednesday evening to react to the strike threat, the spokesperson for the federal Ministry of Education, Folashade Biriowo, told Punch: “The ministry is working on it.”

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on June 26, invited ASUU for a meeting to deliberate on the lingering issues affecting universities and to avert the planned strike.

The ASUU President, who spoke on the outcome of the meeting, said the agreements reached with the Federal Government had not been implemented.

“At the meeting called by the Minister of Education, we agreed that after two weeks, we would meet to see the progress the government has made.

“We will also see what we will do next if the government fails to implement the agreements reached,” he said.