The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a strong warning of an impending strike, citing the federal government\u2019s failure to fulfill agreements and address critical issues in the education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a press conference in Abuja on Friday, ASUU President Prof. Chris Piwuna expressed frustration over the government\u2019s inaction, particularly regarding the unresolved 2009 agreement. \u201cWe have exhausted our patience in waiting for this renegotiated agreement,\u201d Piwuna declared, urging the Yayale Ahmed Committee to finalize negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The union accused the Tinubu administration of perpetuating institutional weaknesses and corruption, with Piwuna stating: \u201cThe ordinary citizens of our country have become the victims of prolonged political manipulations and economic exploitation by the ruling class and their foreign sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key unresolved grievances include, non-implementation of the 2021 Nimi Briggs Committee agreement; withheld salaries from the 2022 strike action; unpaid salaries of sabbatical and adjunct staff; non-release of N150 billion revitalization fund; and alleged diversion of TETFund resources to NELFUND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piwuna criticized the government\u2019s approach to education, saying: \u201cThe governments of Nigeria merely pay lip service to the business of education in general and the welfare of university academics in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While acknowledging some government commitments, including a promised N150 billion revitalization fund and budget allocations for earned allowances, Piwuna noted these promises remain unfulfilled. \u201cTwo years into the Tinubu administration, there has been no positive improvement as it relates to the education sector,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The union leader lamented how Nigerians are still suffering almost three decades after returning to civilian rule, blaming attributing it to lack of transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlmost three decades since Nigeria\u2019s return to civilian governance, it is not yet Uhuru. The country is still pathetically trapped in the web of multifaceted political malfeasance graphically sign-posted by prebendal politics, mindless manipulation of electoral processes, brazen nepotism and deliberate subversion of people\u2019s will at every level of governance. The sum total of all these is that transparency and accountability have become rare commodities in the hands of the managers of the Nigerian state. Consequently, the generality of citizenry have become despondent, having lost hope and faith in government and its agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a strong warning of an impending strike, citing the federal government\u2019s failure to fulfill agreements and address critical issues in the education sector. At a press conference in Abuja on Friday, ASUU President Prof. Chris Piwuna expressed frustration over the government\u2019s inaction, particularly regarding the unresolved 2009 agreement. \u201cWe have exhausted our patience in waiting for this renegotiated agreement,\u201d Piwuna declared, urging the Yayale Ahmed Committee to finalize negotiations. The union accused the Tinubu administration of perpetuating institutional weaknesses and corruption, with Piwuna stating: \u201cThe ordinary citizens of our country have become the victims of prolonged political manipulations and economic exploitation by the ruling class and their foreign sponsors.\u201d Key unresolved grievances include, non-implementation of the 2021 Nimi Briggs Committee agreement; withheld salaries from the 2022 strike action; unpaid salaries of sabbatical and adjunct staff; non-release of N150 billion revitalization fund; and alleged diversion of TETFund resources to NELFUND. Piwuna criticized the government\u2019s approach to education, saying: \u201cThe governments of Nigeria merely pay lip service to the business of education in general and the welfare of university academics in particular.\u201d While acknowledging some government commitments, including a promised N150 billion revitalization fund and budget allocations for earned allowances, Piwuna noted these promises remain unfulfilled. \u201cTwo years into the Tinubu administration, there has been no positive improvement as it relates to the education sector,\u201d he stated. The union leader lamented how Nigerians are still suffering almost three decades after returning to civilian rule, blaming attributing it to lack of transparency and accountability. \u201cAlmost three decades since Nigeria\u2019s return to civilian governance, it is not yet Uhuru. The country is still pathetically trapped in the web of multifaceted political malfeasance graphically sign-posted by prebendal politics, mindless manipulation of electoral processes, brazen nepotism and deliberate subversion of people\u2019s will at every level of governance. The sum total of all these is that transparency and accountability have become rare commodities in the hands of the managers of the Nigerian state. Consequently, the generality of citizenry have become despondent, having lost hope and faith in government and its agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25424,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25395\/revisions\/25424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}