The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has issued a 21-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
According to an ASUU official, sources within the National Executive Council of ASUU confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday.
The source also says the notice was issued at the end of the National Executive Council, NEC of ASUU meeting, which was held at the University of Ibadan.
Reports say a copy is expected to be transmitted to the Federal Ministries of Labour and Education.
He said: “It is not an ultimatum but a strike notice. We are giving them 21 days’ notice, after which we shall embark on strike.
“Our aim for putting out the notice is that it is a requirement under labour laws so we are trying to ensure that all our actions are done according to the law,” the source said.
Recall ASUU had threatened to embark on strike over the non-implementation of agreements reached with the federal government.
On June 26, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman had invited the union to a meeting to deliberate on the lingering issues affecting universities and to avoid the planned strike.
The national president of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke who spoke on the outcome of the meeting clarified that the agreements reached with the Federal Government had not been implemented
The ASUU president said some of the demands included the non-implementation of the 2009 renegotiated agreements.
He said the agreements had delayed for over six years, and the government had yet to implement them.
Osodeke said the academic allowances due to their members had also accumulated for over six years, adding that nothing had been done about it.
