ASUU is set to hold congresses after nationwide protests as the Federal Government meets today on implementing the renegotiated 2009 agreement.
Following the conclusion of its nationwide protests, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced plans to hold congresses across campuses to decide its next line of action.
This comes as the Federal Government meets today to reconcile long-standing disputes over the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement.
Government officials, including Education Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa and Labour Minister Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, are expected to deliberate on implementing the 2009 pact alongside subsequent reports such as the Nimi Briggs committee recommendations.
The meeting is expected to produce a timetable for phased implementation and a binding legal framework.
ASUU president, Prof. Chris Piwuna, confirmed that the union was not invited to the meeting. “We don’t have any meeting with the Federal Government tomorrow (today). It’s their meeting, we’re not involved,” he told The PUNCH. He added, “I truly hope they will come up with something tangible. Our members are tired of words and no action.”
ASUU has consistently demanded improved salaries, funding, autonomy, and better conditions of service. Lecturers lament earning between N125,000 and N633,000 monthly, with professors reportedly struggling to survive.
The union has warned that failure to act could trigger fresh disruptions in public universities.