The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that the ongoing university lecturers strike would continue. The six weeks old strike has grounded the public universities in the country..
National president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi who made this known during a media briefing, held at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, lamented that the Federal Government was not serious with the negotiations it had between the Union and the Federal Government representatives.
According to him, the Federal government should demonstrate serious commitment to implementing the spirit and letters of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement as well as the resulting 2013 MOU and 2017 Memorandum of understanding.
He said: “The Federal Government should demonstrate serious commitment to implement the spirit and letters of the 2009 Federal Governmental /ASUU agreement.
“It should also consider the implementation of the 2013 and 2017 Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it had with us.”
The ASUU president said, implementing these agreements would go a long way to reposition university education and bring a rapid transformation.
“All we are asking for is the improved infrastructural development of Nigeria’s public universities to be globally competitive,” he explained.
Only last week, the Union representatives walked out of their meeting with the Federal Government representatives, making it the sixth meetings without a compromise between the duo since the commencement of the strike November 4, 2018.