Asuu Strike : Still So Much Uncertainty On Next NEC Meeting

As students of the nation's public universities continue to hold their breathe over whether the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would accept the latest offer of the federal government and end their four-month strike, uncertainty continues to prevail as regards to when the crucial meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) would hold. THISDAY gathered that the death of the former ASUU President, Prof. Festus Iyayi, is the likeliest reason for the continued delay in holding the meeting. The much-anticipated NEC meeting would be the decider over the fate of students, who have been idling at home for almost five months. There were speculations that the meeting would hold last Saturday, after it was cancelled due to the auto crash which claimed the life of the unionist and author. ASUU’s representatives said there had been no intention to hold the meeting on Saturday.
But some newspapers had reported that the meeting may hold next Friday, even though this was neither confirmed nor debunked by the union. There were also speculations currently that the union may decide to postpone the crucial meeting till next year.
A labour analyst, however, told THISDAY that the meeting was likely to hold after the burial of Iyayi, which had been tentatively slated for the first week of December. "They may have decided to postpone the meeting as a mark of honour to their departed colleague, who died while on his way to the meeting. We should also give them that chance to mourn him," he said.
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, did not respond to calls made to his mobile phone.

ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: NEC Meeting Or Not, Strike Cant Be Called Off Yet

ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: No Matter The Outcome of NEC Meeting Today, ASUU Can’t Suspend The Strike – Hon. Olasunkanmi Ahmed

I wonder why some people can’t just read between the lines. Instead spread Channels news that is not new or researched….120 voted to suspend, when it was 120 universities did voted, Uniuyo, Uniben and few voted no while majority voted yes.

How come they are still 120 that voted yes? I think we need to get proper information to disseminate to avoid giving some people unnecessary hypertension. No matter the outcome of NEC meeting, ASUU can’t suspend the strike until the government sign the new agreement in line with condition put forward by them(except if all will be done this weekend, which is not possible), which state that NASS, minister of finance, CBN governor, NLC, Labour minister and some others must be a signatory to the agreement to avoid David Mark and others question on the intelligent of those who signed 2009 Agreement.

And ASUU had said this over and over before. Never will ASUU or even any reasonable person do an act which involve another party without the other party concurring to such action formally. ASUU has a procedure in embarking and suspending of a strike and until we understand this, many will continue to be victims of fake news, propaganda or na-me-post-am-first syndrome affecting many people on facebook.

The NEC meeting is to look at the report of each chapters and condition attached to those that said Yes and likewise look into the chapters that said No, then resolved the issue and come out with a final decision( which is likely to favour suspension) then inform the government and wait for those signatories to sign, then announcement of suspension will be done by ASUU.

Hopefully, this strike will come to an end this month as reality totally kill any hope of this weekend.

From NANS OGUN. By Hon. Olasunkanmi Stainlessy Olanbiwoninu Ahmed

This came even when when the NEC meeting was said not to hold yesterday and will not hold until after the 7 days mourning

Asuu NEC Meeting Update: NEC Meeting Never Hold - Asuu Chairman

Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the University of Ibadan, has confirmed that stories which made the rounds on Saturday, that the National Executive Council, NEC, would hold an emergency meeting in Kano, were false.

Ajiboye was speaking in an interview on Diamond FM, University of Ibadan and stated that no meeting was scheduled for today, as they were still in the middle of a seven-day morning, which was declared in honour of the late Professor Festus Iyayi, a former national chairman of the Union.

It would be recalled that Iyayi lost his life in a fatal crash, on his way to Bayero University, Kano, where members of ASUU were to meet and reach a final decision, on whether to continue with the strike or accept the federal government’s offer.

Asuu Strike Update : Asuu NEC Meeting Postponed Till January 15

Due to the loss of one of the prominent members of the union, Professor Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, on his way to Kano yesterday, for the union’s meeting.ASUU, has postponed its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which was supposed to hold today, there decision to call off or continue the four months old strike embarked upon by the University lecturers was expected to be made at the meeting which would have held today but for Iyayi’s death.

The union called for the meeting after negotiations with the President, where the government was said to have shown commitment to ending the strike by improving on earlier offers.The meeting is now to hold on January 15 2014