Buhari’s ‘enough is enough’ comment unclear to us – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it does not ‘understand’ President Muhammadu Buhari’ exasperation over the lingering strike.
President Buhari had said ‘enough is not enough’ of the strike by the lecturers.
“I do not understand why Mr President said that ‘enough is enough,’ when we are not the one delaying the students at home.
“The federal government had sent its team to negotiate with us and we have finished,” ASUU president, Emmanuel Osekede, said on Tuesday.
“Instead of coming back to us to tell us the outcome of the meeting, we are hearing this. If you set up a committee to negotiate on your behalf, and the committee has finished and they have brought the information to you to sign and then you said ‘enough is enough’; what does this mean?”
The ASUU leader urged President Buhari to meet the negotiation teams, led by Nima Briggs, the pro-chancellor of the Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi. The committee is expected to review the draft proposed agreement and consult with relevant stakeholders to finalise the issue.
It is also to renegotiate the 2009 agreements with other university-based unions; negotiate and recommend any other issue the committee deems relevant to reposition the NUC and submit proposed draft agreements within three months from the date of inauguration.
ASUU began its strike on February 14, citing the government failure to meet its demand. They include releasing revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Allied Institutions (NASU) have also requested the adoption of the University Peculiar Payroll Payment System (U3PS).
(NAN)
