The anticipation of any opportune reopening of universities across the country ruined after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) revealed that it will carry on its current strike if the federal government does not address its demands.
The president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi on Saturday, August 22, give good reason for the current strike by the union.
He said ASUU’s demands were authentic and in the interest of the nation, The Nation reported.
Ogunyemi told stakeholders at the University of Port Harcourt that students need to show understanding because some of ASUU’s demands would favor them.
He said the union wants the government to be responsible for facilities in universities that will drive the process of quality university education.
The ASUU president regretted that university lecturers were still receiving the same salary scale of 2009 in 2020.
According to him, it appears that some forces in government are bent on wreaking suffering on university lecturers.
The minister said that the federal government is also making moves to end the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike before schools reopen.
This was disclosed by Nwajiuba during a programme that aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Saturday, August 22.
