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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has convened a meeting of its National Executive Council for Sunday at its National Secretariat on the main campus of the University of Abuja to assess the Federal Government’s reaction to its requests.
The union is anticipated to use the NEC meeting to decide whether or not to announce an extended strike after the one-month warning strike at the University of Lagos ended on February 14.
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President, acknowledged the meeting to The Nation but refused to provide detaills.
There had been no progress in discussions despite a series of meetings with the Federal Government team led by Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige.
According to Prof Osodeke, the government’s assurances made during those talks were merely promises, which ASUU members are skeptical of.
The head of the ASUU had previously stated that the administration had made no meaningful offers to persuade the union to end the strike.
Meanwhile, ASUU has stated that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) User Acceptance Test (UAT) and Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test (VAPT) are still ongoing.
ASUU has asked the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, to refrain from making comments that could jeopardize the ongoing UTAS testing between the NITDA Technical Team and its counterpart in our Union, according to a statement issued by Prof Osodeke.
If the DG continued to make comments on UTAS, the union warned that it would have no choice but to demand that the NITDA Technical Report on UTAS and ASUU’s response be made public in order to shed more light on the ongoing controversies without wasting time.
The statement reads: “The one-month roll-over strike declared by our Union on the 14th February, 2022 has entered the fourth week. During this period, we have been having engagements with the government over the contending issues that necessitated the action.
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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