July 1, 2013: The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a nationwide strike over alleged Federal Governments refusal to implement the agreement between it and the union over unpaid entitlements. July 15: The meeting between the Senate, FG and the leadership of ASUU over the ongoing industrial action ended without parties reaching any compromise. July 22: We are ready to remain shut for three to five years - Prof. Iyayi, former ASUU President, said in an interview, which later becomes historic. August 1: The delegation of FG led by Benue State Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, had a failed meeting with ASUU officials, as the lecturers insisted on the implementation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement. August 13: The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the government has no resources to meet the union demands. August 20: Meeting between striking university lecturers and FG ended without a resolution of the crisis. August 23: FG ordered that lecturers should go back to classrooms after it had disbursed the sum of N30 billion for earned academic allowances, N100 billion for the provision of infrastructure on campuses of 61 universities covered in the needs assessment . August 27: ASUU rejected the N130 billion the Federal Government disbursed into the university system September 5: ASUU strike is beginning to take a toll on students, the fact that female students in Kaduna are now resorting to prostitution. September 16: New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has commenced a seven-day fasting and prayer, to intercede for the prolonged ASUU strike. September 26: The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) gave a two-weeks ultimatum to FG and ASUU to resolve the strike. September 30: The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) joined an indefinite industrial action of ASUU. October 4: TOTAL PARALYSIS: ASUP shuts polytechnics, joins ASUU strike. October 11: FG fights back, implements the no work-no pay policy against the striking university lecturers. October 12: SSANU ends strike. October 14: It seems its not just the students that are affected by the ASUU strike, as protesting traders, under the aegis of National Market Women Association, stormed the National Assembly. October 21: A student of the University of Abuja tried to kill herself because of the effects of the lingering ASUU strike. October 24: Senate mandated its leadership to search for possibilities of terminating the strike by meeting the Federal Government and the ASUU executives. October 30: The Nigeria Police Force used tear gas against the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities as they mobilised for their protest into the streets of the Federal Capital City, Abuja. November 5: President Goodluck Jonathan had 13-hour marathon meeting with the leadership of ASUU in conjunction with representatives of the NLC and TUC. The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said they would now go and brief their members on the details of the discussions. November 12: Prof. Festus Iyayi died on his way for ASUU NEC meeting in Kano in a vehicles accident involving Kogi Governors convoy. The death ruined the plans for a repeat meeting between President Jonathan and ASUU leaders. November 23: ASUU NEC members agreed that before calling off its strike the government should pay the four-month salary arrears being owed varsity lecturers. November 26: Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities called for the immediate re-opening of all shut down universities across the country. November 28: FG gives one-week ultimatum to ASUU or face expulsion; ASUU officials dared FG, referred to the Education Minister as a joker.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:00:52 +0000
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