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Act fast or risk another strike, ASUU tells FG
University teachers, on Tuesday, again warned of a looming strike in the nation’s universities if the Federal Government fails to address urgently the many challenges facing the institutions.
The government, they alleged, had been reluctant in bringing about a genuine transformation of the education sector.
Lecturers under the auspices of the Lagos zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, who said this through their Coordinator, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, during a briefing at the University of Lagos, however, did not state when the strike would commence.
Lagos State University, Ojo; UNILAG, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; Tai Solarin University of Education and the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, all belong to the zone.
According to Sowande, the Federal Government has for the umpteenth time violated the tenets of 2009 agreement it signed with the union as well as refused to inject enough funds to the sector.
He noted, for instance, that as of the third quarter of this year, the government owed universities N605bn following the 2013 ASUU-FGN memorandum of understanding.
Punch, August 30
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