The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan, UI, Chapter, Dr Deji Omole has said the ongoing ASUU strike would not be called off until the government meet the lecturers' demands.
The ASUU Chairman said this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.
According to PM News, Omole said the position of ASUU was a fall out of the first meeting held with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige which did not go into substantive issues that led to the strike.
Omole also alleged that the union is rejecting the leader of Federal Government negotiating team, Wale Babalakin because he is an interested party pursuing a private university license and he is making effort to undermine public education.
The ASUU Chairman, however, dismissed the claim that the strike is political saying it was borne out of a genuine and patriotic commitment to ensure a better future for children of the masses.
He said, “How can our strike be political when there are matters that you as government signed into and you failed to fulfil your promises? To us, it is the Federal government that is being political with the truth by becoming untrustworthy.
“How can the President and his Vice be asking Nigerian universities to become one of the leading universities of the world without making the same commitments responsive and responsible governments in the world are making to Education? Our leadership has shown consistent disrespect for agreements and this is why they can no longer be trusted by our Union.”
Recall that the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities called for a nationwide, indefinite industrial strike on Sunday, November 4, 2018.
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