ASUU strike latest: Lecturers threaten to withdraw from Suswam’s committee The union accused the committee of insincerity and distortion of a technical subcommittee’s report The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened to pull out from the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the Committee of Needs Assessment of Nigeria (public) Universities, CNANU. The threat was contained in a letter dated August 20 and signed by the ASUU National President, Isa Fagge. The letter was addressed to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the CNANU report, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State. In the letter, the lecturers, who have been on strike for over eight weeks, alleged a distortion of the report of the Technical Subcommittee of the CNANU Implementation Committee; and cited a number of examples to support their claims. “For our union, the setting up of a committeeto implement the recommendation is a very welcome development. We are, however, alarmed by recent development in the work of the committee. We find it necessary to make the observations in order to stop the committee from derailing from its core mandate and creating even deeper crises in the university system,” Mr. Fagge said. Among the issues raised by the lecturers is that of perceived mismanagement of funds; with the union saying, “Expending N50billionto construct 35,000 bed space hostels across25 universities will be ridiculously scandaloussince the same amount can be used to construct 125,000 bed space hostels across 51 universities.” The lecturers, who have vowed not to resume work until the government implements a 2009 agreement it had with the union, said they would “be unable to continue in the membership of the Committee until the issues raised are properly addressed.” ........
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:59:23 +0000
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