The Nigeria’s University Teachers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have threatened to go on a fresh nationwide strike in two weeks time if the federal government fails to respond to their demands.
The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke to newsmen today, May 14, at the ASUU national headquarters in Abuja, said that the union is giving the government two weeks to respond to its demands or face a nationwide strike.
He blamed the federal government for failing to appoint new governing councils for the federal universities after dissolving them in May last year.
Professor Osodeke said that the government needs to be accountable to the people for every decision it makes.
The union also accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of having a nonchalant attitude towards matters pertaining to academics in Nigerian Federal Universities.
ASUU faulted the 35 per cent salary increment for professors and the 25 per cent salary increment for other academics in the university system, saying the wage award could be easily withdrawn by the government anytime it deems fit.
