Lecturers are preparing to join NLC industrial action

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has on Thursday, September 27, 2018, announced its readiness to join the nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress.

According to Punch, the union said it has commenced mobilisation of its members in all the zones for a strike which it said would begin soon.

While addressing journalists in Jos, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the coordinator of ASUU, Bauchi Zone rejected the N20bn the Federal Government released to ASUU to improve public universities across the country on Monday, September 24, 2018.

Abubakar said “what will N20bn do for the 64 public universities in this country? What we want now is the N1.1tn. That is the amount that the government should release; not the N20bn”.

This is coming following the ASUU president's announcement that the union is still waiting for approval from its executives and trustees to join the nationwide strike.

ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi wants randy lecturers to be shamed ece-auto-gen

ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, said that he could not ask lecturers to join the nationwide industrial action without an approval from the ASUU executives and trustees

UNIOSUN lecturers go on strike

Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) UNIOSUN chapter has joined the joined strike called by the National Labour Congress.

University's ASUU chairman, Dr. M. O. Abanikannda announced the institution's readiness to join the NLC strike on Thursday, September 27, 2018.