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 The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has debunked rumours that the union will today call of its nationwide strike which is now in its fifth week.

This was made known at the ASUU Ibadan zone press conference held on Wednesday at the Lagos State University (LASU) campus at Ojoo.

In his address, Dr Adesola Nasir, the Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan zone, which comprises the University of Lagos (Unilag); University of Ibadan (UI); Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU); Lagos State University (LASU); Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), said “ASUU Ibadan zone has noticed certain reports in the media suggesting that the current strike may be suspended by Thursday, 1st August. We wish to say that such speculations are uncalled for and the attitude of government either in the present struggle and the previous ones cannot support such.”

On talks concerning a renegotiation of the 2009 agreement by the government on the basis of the financial burden of ASUU’s demands, the union stamped its feet against such, as according to Nasir, what ASUU is pushing for as stated in the MoU “represents the minimum needed to begin to turn around our universities.

“Any attempt to review these demands downward implies half measure which would not achieve the desired turnaround of our instutions.”

Nasir added that “If the government could redeploy N3 trillion to rescue banks and several billions of naira to bail out the textile and aviation sectors, it should certainly not develop cold feet when it comes to our public universities.”

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Uni

versities (ASUU) has debunked rumours that the union will today call of its nationwide strike which is now in its fifth week.

This was made known at the ASUU Ibadan zone press conference held on Wednesday at the Lagos State University (LASU) campus at Ojoo.

In his address, Dr Adesola Nasir, the Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan zone, which comprises the University of Lagos (Unilag); University of Ibadan (UI); Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU); Lagos State University (LASU); Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), said “ASUU Ibadan zone has noticed certain reports in the media suggesting that the current strike may be suspended by Thursday, 1st August. We wish to say that such speculations are uncalled for and the attitude of government either in the present struggle and the previous ones cannot support such.”

On talks concerning a renegotiation of the 2009 agreement by the government on the basis of the financial burden of ASUU’s demands, the union stamped its feet against such, as according to Nasir, what ASUU is pushing for as stated in the MoU “represents the minimum needed to begin to turn around our universities.

“Any attempt to review these demands downward implies half measure which would not achieve the desired turnaround of our instutions.”

Nasir added that “If the government could redeploy N3 trillion to rescue banks and several billions of naira to bail out the textile and aviation sectors, it should certainly not develop cold feet when it comes to our public universities.”