“We Won’t Be In Classes on Empty Stomachs” – ASUU

It seems to be no end to the already eight month ASUU strike which doesn’t seem to be ending soon as the striking lecturers said they won’t go back to classes on empty stomachs.

According to Union members in Calabar who has vowed to continue with the strike until the Federal Government meets the union’s demands

Dr Aniekan Brown who is the zonal chairman of the union, made this known when he addressed a press conference at the University of Calabar. He said;

“Sometimes, either by deliberate ill-intended machinations or for want of understanding, ASUU’s struggles are misunderstood.

In the light of the above, it considered expedient to engage the public, to bring to the fore ASUU’s stance on the on-going strike action, and the government-induced distraction known as the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and the Federal Government of Nigeria’s illicit commitment, hard-work, determination, and treachery to forcefully migrate staff of Federal Universities to IPPIS.”

The press conference was attended by ASUU chairmen from universities in the zone which comprises Abia State University, Akwa Ibom State University, Cross River University of Technology, Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi, University of Uyo and University of Calabar.

Nigerian Universities have been shut down for eight months after ASUU declared an indefinite strike in March this year. The union’s president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who announced the strike at a press conference, said the strike is over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.