Striking lecturers on Tuesday insisted that they would not return to class as directed by the Federal Government.The
Supervisory Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Thursday had
directed the striking teachers to return to work on or before December 4
or face dismissal.
Yesterday it was made known that the
ultimatum deadline had been shifted to Monday so the lecturers could
participate in the burial of a former President of ASUU, Prof. Festus
Iyayi on Saturday.
Wike also urged the authorities of all the nation’s public universities to open attendance registers for the returning workers.
Still
on Tuesday, the protesting lecturers under the auspices of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities vowed that the sack threat by the FG would
not stop the lingering strike.
The LASU chapter chairman of the
union Dr. Adekunle Idris, speaking with journalists after the congress,
said they decided to continue the strike until the Federal Government
met their demands.
The congress, he said, also resolved that no member of the union would sign the attendance register in the institution.
Commenting
on the sack threat, he said the branch was not only committed to the
industrial action but also supportive of the decision of the national
body to press for proper funding of education.
His OOU
counterpart, Dr. Nasir Adesola, said the union would not succumb to the
threat by the Federal Government to sack the lecturers.
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