ASUU had on February 14, 2022, announced the commencement of industrial action following the failure of the government to meet some lingering demands of the union. Consequently, academic activities in public universities in Nigeria have been shut down for close to 147 days.
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The Coordinator, AHBN, Dr Aminu Magashi, gave the advice in a statement Monday in Abuja.
Biobelemoye Josiah, MHWUN National President, issued the threat in a statement he made available to the media.
This came on a day the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said the Federal Government’s promise of immediate reply to its submission to the committee set up to negotiate with it had not been fulfilled, nearly a month after.
SERAP made the call in a statement issued Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
The group lamented the near collapse of the education sector in the country and added that the insecurity ravaging many states of the Federation was a result of the failure of the sector.
The strike, already in its fourth month, has resulted in the absence of students, the major customers, in the university community.
Despite making numerous promises to stifle corruption, this regime has overseen some of the most egregious financial crimes.
Monday Ogbodum, Cross River chapter Chairman of the TUC, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Tuesday.
The union made this known in a memo titled: “Strike bulletin number 6,” by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
In getting Obi the Presidency, the social media became the vehicle through which they intend to achieve their aim. In the last few weeks, there have been series of efforts by the youths to promote Obi’s candidacy with jingles, billboards, and door-to-door campaigns. But what the youths are unleashing on social media is beyond the ordinary. There have also been donations and plans to create political awareness on registration and collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) across the country and sensitize the public on why Obi is the right man to steer the affairs of the country. Obi’s online soldiers, now known as the ‘Obidient’ have also vowed to monitor the forthcoming election with drones to ensure the process is not rigged in undue favour of any candidate. Interestingly, the efforts to support Obi’s candidacy and the conversations about his presidency underscores the reawakening of the youths’ political consciousness ahead of the election.
The President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq raised this concern, describing the ongoing industrial strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) as unnecessary.
According to the group, the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which began on February 14, has endangered the security of the country with students being out of classrooms.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this after the Federal Executive Council meeting.
They made the plea in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka Wednesday.
ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Abuja.
The position of the Board was contained in a statement by its spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday.
Ahmed Isa, Ordinary President of Brekete Family Programme, suspended the intervention fund in Abuja on Saturday during a live programme as the officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), led by Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke dissociated itself from the intervention.
Some of the students in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital Friday appealed to the Federal Government to meet at least 50 per cent of ASUU demands to end the strike.