{"id":224969,"date":"2022-07-05T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2022\/07\/05\/we-are-ready-to-call-off-strike-says-asuu\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:49:08","slug":"we-are-ready-to-call-off-strike-says-asuu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2022\/07\/05\/we-are-ready-to-call-off-strike-says-asuu\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Ready To Call Off Strike, Says ASUU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838754\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838754 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ASUU-strike-600x351.jpg\" alt=\"Nothing Tangible Has Happened Despite Warning Strike \u2013 ASUU\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASUU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is ready to call of its nationwide industrial action.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU embarked on a warning strike to press home its demand, on February 14.<\/p>\n<p>The union later declared full strike, accusing the Federal Government of insincerity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pre-ads-el\" data-add-marked=\"true\">In an interview on Channels TV, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke said the union is waiting for a positive response from President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pre-ads-el\" data-add-marked=\"true\">He said, \u201cAs far as ASUU is concerned, the strike can end tomorrow, we have finished the negotiations, let the government call us this night that we should come tomorrow and sign the agreement, we will be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet government tell us they have finished testing the UTAS, we have accepted it. By tomorrow, we will call off the strike. We are finished (with negotiations).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are just waiting, and challenging the government. When will they sign the agreement, and when will they accept UTAS? Those are the two questions we need to ask the Nigerian government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pre-ads-el\" data-add-marked=\"true\">Osodeke said the government has failed to pay the striking lecturers their salaries for the past five months.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU has been at loggerheads with the federal government, citing the refusal of the latter to honour the 2009 agreement it entered with the Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pre-ads-el\" data-add-marked=\"true\">The union\u2019s demands include the government\u2019s investment in the nation\u2019s university infrastructure, and payment of members\u2019 salaries through the recommended University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), among several others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is ready to call of its nationwide industrial action. ASUU embarked on a warning strike to press home its demand, on February 14. 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