The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it does not in anyway objected to the members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) from embarking on one- week warning strike.
It said both unions and any others within the university system have the rights to do so if deem necessary.
The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said even though ASUU would have loved not to comment on NASU, SSANU embarking on the industrial action, what is not ideal is for one union to be making reference to another union to justify its decision to embark on strike or press home its demands from employers.
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Osodeke declared that ASUU would never do that as every union has its own way and power of negotiation on matters affecting members.
However, while declaring that ASUU members would continue with their work as they are not on strike, Osodeke advised Federal Government on what it should do to avert disruption of activities in the nation’s universities.
According to him, it would have been better and more honourable if the Federal Government can clear all the backlog of withheld salaries of all the university workers across unions and also meet other needs.
It should do so if truly believes in its renewed hope mantra and the spirit of development as it is not advisable to allow the system to be plunged into another rounds of industrial actions before it starts to take action.
He declared that while ASUU is also still asking for the payment of the remaining three and half months withheld salaries for members amidst other demands, Osodeke emphasised that “The Federal Government should just allow all the backlog of salaries and other matters of all the university workers to go once and for all and start the system on a new and clean stale so that the nation’s university system would enjoy non-interrupted system any more.
He said that the government will do what is right to safe the system.
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