Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU has threatened to commence indefinite
strike, unless their demands are met by
Federal Government, report
claimed. President of the Union Biodun
Ogunyemi, said on Friday, that an indefinite
strike action may
be taken soon if the union's demands are not
met by the Federal Government. The work-to-
rule is influenced by the failure of the Federal
Government to implement the 2009 ASUU-FG
agreement, especially, the NEEDS assessment
segment of it.
The ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, has
this to say: "Since the agreement was
signed in 2009, there has been no significant
step taken to implement it. It was the desire
to speed up the implementation of the
demands that the NEEDS assessment was
conceived to
identify what each university needs, but the
findings of the NEEDS assessment have also
not been implemented by the government
that set it up. The union will embark on strike
if our demand is not met." The ASUU
president also spoke on the recent
ban on varsities post-UTME exercise stating
that it is a big step in the wrong direction.
He
said that since the introduction of the Post-
UTME tests, there has been considerable
improvement in the quality of students
admitted into the universities as evident in
the declining dropout rate and called on all
well-meaning Nigerians to intervene to avert
the looming crisis in the university system.
Ogunyemi said, "The cancellation of Post-
UTME, to us, portends serious danger for the
quality of education in this country. The
argument of the Federal Government on the
policy is unacceptable and potentially
harmful
to the future of Nigeria's education system.
We call on government to rescind its decision
and convene a genuine stakeholders meeting
on the issue before making statement on the
policy."
"We note that since the introduction of the
post-UTME, the standard of education,
especially, that of the tertiary level has
improved significantly. There has also been a
decline in the dropout rate in the country. The
system was able to achieve these laudable
objectives because of the contribution of each
university into the standards that are
required.
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