ASUU insist on Federal Government Directives to Open All Schools

October 3, 2020 Naijablog Admin News 0

The Apex body of Nigerian University, ASUU has said that they are not going to comply with the directive of the federal government of Nigeria to reopen schools acroos the country after six month of closure to curtail the spread of covid-19.

The reason that, the body say that they still on strike.

Recall that Omokoshaban reported ealier thatMinister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had on Friday, directed the reopening of Schools nationwide.

According to Adamu, schools are to resume on October 12.

He said while speaking on Friday that private and state schools will determine their own opening schedule but warned that they must ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 guidelines.

But in a reaction to the directive, by Biodun Ogunyemi, the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) president, said members of the union will not resume work until its demands are met.

He said

“ASUU is not responsible for the closure of schools. So, government has done what it knows how to do best, which is to give and follow-up on directives,”.

“As for ASUU, the demands of our union have not been met.”

He further said that their was an arrangement between the Union and the federal government to meet on September 17, but was later cancelled over unknown reason.

Ogunyemi said ASUU’s next line of action as regarding the ongoing strike will be determined by the outcome of the meeting.

He added that the union is still waiting for the federal government to communicate the new date for the meeting.

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The union had in March declared an indefinite strike, citing the federal government’s failure to meet its demands.

The industrial action was on the back of disagreement with the government over issues on revitalization of universities and earned academic allowance.

Other issues raised by the union include the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as well as funding of universities.