The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that its demands have not been fully met, despite the fact that it has agreed to call-off its eight-month industrial strike.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the academic staff union took the decision of suspending the industrial strike at its overnight meeting which was concluded in the early hours of Friday.
The president of the academic staff union, Emmanuel Osodeke, has clarified in a signed memo that some of the issues that triggered the industrial crisis has not been addressed.
The president also itemized the issues under negotiations with the National Assembly and the federal government.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the issues include funding for revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances, proliferation of public universities, visitation panels/release of white papers, university transparency and accountability solution (UTAS) as a broad spectrum software to stop illegality and provide for an alternative payment platform in the university system, renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.
“While appreciating the commendable efforts of the leadership of the house of representatives and other patriotic Nigerians who waded into the matter, NEC noted with regret that the issues in dispute are yet to be satisfactorily addressed,” the memo read in part.
The academic staff union has, however, ordered lecturers to go back to class with immediate effect.