Ngige says ASUU is on “leave”, failed to give notification of strike 

Abiodun OBA

 

All academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic session in the University of Jos, Plateau state, have been suspended.

Mr Abdullahi Abdullahi, the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publication of the university, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos.

According to Abdullahi, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, approved the suspension on behalf of the Senate of the university, after an emergency meeting of the institution’s management.

He said that the decision to suspend academic activities was based on the one-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

“The vice-chancellor of the University of Jos, on behalf of its senate, approved the suspension of academic activities until further notice.

“This followed an emergency meeting of the university’s management where the issue of the strike declared by ASUU was considered as it affects academic activities, “the statement said.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has noted that ASUU failed in its agreement with the National Inter-religious Council headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev Samson Ayokunle, by failing to report to the committee before embarking on strike.

The minister in Abuja said on Wednesday, that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities was a “leave” following the failure of the union to notify his ministry before embarking on strike.

Recall that ASUU on February 14, 2022 had announced the commencement of a one month rolling and comprehensive strike after its National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Lagos, Akoka.

The union had blamed the federal government for constantly failing to honour some of the lingering demands such as payment of revitalization funds for universities, payment of earned allowances for university lecturers, deployment of the UTAS payment system for University lecturers.

Ngige, however, said, “I am sure you know NIREC which is headed by the sultan and the CAN president. I am sure you also remember that the President mandated his Chief of Staff, the ministry of labour and the ministry of education to find a way to make sure that we resolve the issues with ASUU.

“Now, NIREC met with ASUU twice and they discussed some of these issues. The leadership of ASUU said they would go back and meet with their NEC. We were waiting for them to come back and then we heard they were going on strike.

“ASUU failed to get back to us and proceeded on strike without sending notifications. They just gave themselves a leave. If you want to go on strike, you should at least inform us officially by giving us notification but they refused to.

“You can not just go on strike like that, it is illegal. So, they are just on leave. We will work with them and they will call off the strike.”


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