ASUU STRIKE: ASUU To End Strike Next Year; UNILAG Faction Insist It Must End This Week

A faction of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter on
Monday alleged that the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian
Universities (ASUU) is planning to end the ongoing five-
month strike mid-January next year.
Leader of the faction, Dr Adeyemi Daramola, a lecturer in the
Department of English, Faculty of Arts accused the body of
assuming oracular posture on the strike.
According to him, "The position of ASUU has not
demonstrated original function of its rules which says "reports
on agreement from the union universities' branches should be
collated and announced".
"ASUU-NEC has assumed an oracular posture by its very
poor communication to members, government and the
Nigerian society.
"The target of ASUU is to call off the strike by mid-January
of 2014 which is no longer a rumour in the domain of its
members. We have postponed other meetings of this pressure
version of UNILAG
"If necessary, we shall take all legitimate steps to ensure that
normalcy is restored to all the Nigerian universities as soon as
possible, as the group would not accept the rumour of a
resumption date fixed for January, 2014. About two
universities' academic calendar have been wasted on strike,
including lecturers' four months salaries lost."
The faction, however, insisted that the closure of Nigerian
universities by the lecturers must end this week.
Another leader of the anti-strike faction, Dr Michael Ogbeide
of the History Department said that "the ASUU strike had
become nonsense and must be stopped. A lot of our members
also believe so but are afraid to speak out," adding that the
faction would keep pressurising its leadership until the strike
is called off.
Meanwhile, there were reports on Monday that the UNILAG
ASUU had decided to withdraw from the strike but this was
debunked by some members of the union, though it was
confirmed that there was a split among the members with
some kicking against the institution's continued participation
in the strike.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the congress
actually turned out disorganised and divided, as some
members, during the meeting began to protest, demanding
UNILAG's withdrawal from the strike. The meeting became
rowdy and the two factions later held separate meetings, with
both reportedly resolving to maintain their postures.
The main body insisted that the strike would be on until grey
areas are sorted out.

Via: Tribune