ASUU rebuffs govt’s ‘no work, no pay’ threat

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has said the Federal Government’s
threat to implement its ‘no-work, no-pay’
policy cannot stop its ongoing strike.
The union described the policy as an “obsolete
familiar threat”.
In a statement yesterday, titled: ASUU: On
Government’s Threat of No-Work, No-Pay, by
its Chairman of the University of Ibadan (UI)
chapter, Dr Olusegun Ajiboye, said members of
the union have resolved to pursue the strike.
The statement said ASUU members are using
the action to defend the integrity of the
university system in Nigeria and save it from
universal mockery.
Dr Ajiboye said the minimum funding
requirement for public universities this year is
N500 billion and not N100 billion, as being
touted by the Federal Government.
The union leader added that anything short of
this is unacceptable to the union.
He said the Federal Government’s N100 billion
offer showed that the government “is just
begging the matter”, because the money is like
a drop in the ocean.
According to him, no blackmail will break the
ongoing strike.
“The academics remain resolute on this
struggle ,” Dr Ajiboye said.
On government’s N100 billion fund for the
universities, the union leader noted that “this
is just the beginning; the government is just
starting”.
He added: “Going by the ASUU agreement of
2009 and the Memorandum of Agreement
(MoU) signed by the Federal Government in
January 2013, the minimum funding
requirement for the universities as at 2013 is
N500 billion and not N100 billion. Only the
provision of this will meet the immediate needs
of addressing the rot and decay in the public
universities. Anything short of this is not
acceptable to the union.
“Therefore, rather than engage in cheap
blackmail and unworkable threat, the
government should address the issues on the
table.”

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