Update on ASUU Strike; ASUU Strike: ASUU To Meet Jonathan Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ASUU yesterday ended their two-day meeting in Kano with a resolve to meet President Jonathan today or tomorrow on the outcome of their parley. It was learnt that the union could, after the meeting, call off the five-month-old strike, but with a caveat that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) should monitor the agreement it has reached with the FG. A source at the meeting told LEADERSHIP Sunday that the union will issue a communiqué on the decisions it had taken on Monday, adding that “we may call off the strike on Monday. It is one of the decisions we reached at NEC meeting. ASUU will meet President Jonathan today or on Monday”. The meeting was held at the Centre for Democratic Research, Mumbayya House, Kano. The source said that ASUU had resolved that, in compliance with the directive of President Jonathan at their last meeting with him, they will present the outcome of the meeting to him directly. He explained that ASUU had resolved that the CBN and RMAFC had to witness the implementation of the agreement it reached with the FG. According to him, it was the unanimous decision of NEC members to involve other parties, especially the financial sector, in the implementation of the agreement. Other issues discussed at the meeting include the violation of ASUU labour laws by some universities, which have announced resumption dates for students when the strike has not been called off. Courtesy: Leadership News. In a second report, ASUU Strike: Decision of union members after latest meeting Nigeria’s striking ASUU rose from a two-day National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in Kano with a resolve to keep mum until it met with President Goodluck Jonathan. President Jonathan is due home on Sunday night, after attending a summit in London with investors. A serious stomach pain forced the president to skip the Thursday opening of the meeting. However, a reliable source in the association who spoke on Saturday, in Kano, said: ‘’ASUU has decided to meet with President Jonathan before making whatever decision they took during the meeting public.’’ The source added that 60 per cent of the members wanted the strike called off while the remaining 40 per cent wanted it to continue. And in an annoying third report, ASUU vows to continue strike- …As earned allowance divides union Hope of final resolution of the ongoing strike of ASUU was dashed on Saturday, as the union has vowed to continue with the industrial action. This was the outcome of the union’s NEC meeting secretly held in Kano, where it was agreed that the strike would continue until it got concrete assurance of implementation of all agreements from the FG. In a release the union sent to its members and obtained by Sunday Tribune, it said: “...based on feedback from branches, the union resolved to clear some grey areas before any further action. If we must remove strikes as a regular feature in our University system, then we must get things sorted out permanently. Be steadfast as we await next congress meeting.” Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that the ASUUNEC was still meeting as of 7p.m. yesterday, hoping to reach a concrete decision which it would transmit to other members in the next congress. According to a source, who spoke to Sunday Tribune on condition of anonymity, though the union agreed that the offer by FG to inject N200 billion into universities annually, beginning from 2014 and for the next four years was sensible, members were skeptical about the implementation of all the agreements reached. Sunday Tribune, however, gathered that a fresh crisis might have been set off in the union over the issue of earned allowance. According to the source, the manner university management shared the earned allowance among varsity workers was already causing disaffection among ASUU members. The lecturers, it was learnt, felt bitter that their struggle had only benefited SSANU and NASU which did not participate in the strike but got hefty returns, “because the managements have shared the allowance wrongly. “ASUU members got less than they deserved from the allowance while other unions fed fat from it; it looks as if we only fought for other unions. Members are really angry about this,” he said, noting that these were some of the issues that would be tabled at the congress of the union later in the week. Other contentious issues, stated the source, “are the 2009 agreement which is due for re-negotioation and our salary. We felt that until these are resolved, it will be futile to call off the strike. So the strike continues.” The strike is still on but might be called off this week. Like the NESA For Economists facebook fanpage if you havent. Dont forget to register for NESA National Conference UNICAL & NESA ABSU Award Night/ Final Year Send Forth. ♥ you all
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