….says it didn’t agreed to suspend strike Dec 9.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday debunked claims that the union reached an agreement with the Federal Government to end its 9 months old strike yesterday.
The National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi noted that the union was considering the Federal Government’s offer.
Ogunyemi said in a statement: “To put the records straight, the Principal Officers and Trustees, who constitute the core of representatives of ASUU at negotiation meetings with the government, are not constitutionally empowered to suspend any strike action.
“Whatever comes out of an engagement with agents of the government is an offer, which must be taken back to the branches through the various organs of the union.
“Views and perspectives on offers by governments are aggregated and presented to government agents as counter-offers.
“This trade union strategy of offer and counter-offer is continually deployed until the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU – consisting of all recognized chairpersons – finally approves what it considers an acceptable offer from the government.
“It is only then that any strike action by ASUU can be suspended.”
