#J2LYK The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday insisted until the Federal Government implement the agreements reached in 2009, the strike will not be called off. ASUU made its position known at a joint National Assembly Committees on Education meeting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the issues in the agreement include: funding, university autonomy, academic freedom, earned academic allowance and registration of Universities Pension Management Company. Other are: amendment of pension retirement age of academics at the professional cadre, federal assistance to state universities and transfer of Federal Government landed property to universities. Chairman of ASUU, Dr Nasir Fagge, told the committee that only two out of the nine agreements had been met. “We cannot renegotiate what was already agreed in 2009, so the best thing is, let government go and implement the aspects of the agreement as they have proposed to us themselves. “Once that is done, I am confident that it will engender confidence among our members and our members nationwide will be able to review the situation at any moment and take appropriate decision.’’
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:57:49 +0000