Posted by According to Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a court order is the primary driver behind lecturers’ decision to resume teaching.
Since February 14, ASUU has been on strike to raise awareness of its demands, which include more financing for universities and a reassessment of professors’ pay among other things.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU declared a suspension of the industrial action on Friday. On October 7, the Abuja-based Court of Appeal ordered the union to end its strike.
However, the union said that several of their concerns were still open.
When he spoke on Channels TV’s “Sunday Politics” on Sunday, Osodeke said that the union expects that the government would take the necessary action now that the strike has been called off.
Even though the speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, spoke, he said, “the main reason we are restarting is because we are respecting the court decision.”
“Neither an agreement nor a comprehensive resolution of the concerns has been reached. As a result, we are continuing because we respect the law and don’t want to breach it.
We also anticipate the speaker’s planned involvement, which we believe will swiftly put an end to these issues.
Osodeke said, “Definitely,” when asked whether this indicates that the professors are unhappy to be starting off again.
“Negotiation is the greatest choice in trade disputes, particularly ones involving university professors, and it ends the conflict in a relatively short period of time,” he stated.
However, the labor minister thinks that making them attend class is the wisest course of action.
It’s extremely unfortunate, yet our members will teach due to the curiosity of the Nigerian children, their parents, and the speaker.
Any nation that tinkers with education opens the door to insecurity.
“We want the next government to dedicate not less than 16% of the budget to education, as is the case in neighboring nations.
All of these issues will be resolved after this is finished. Our kids will easily make it to school.