ASUU accuses FG of insincerity in collective bargaining

…Urges President Tinubu to Stem Wave of Resignations successful Public Varsities

By Adeola Badru

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of insincerity successful its attack to corporate bargaining and neglect of tertiary education, peculiarly successful the payment and moving conditions of lecturers successful nationalist universities.

The national reiterated its committedness to securing improved payment for its members and ensuring that the authorities provides capable backing for the revitalisation of nationalist universities successful the involvement of the children of mean Nigerians.

Chairman of the University of Ibadan section of ASUU, Dr. Adefemi Afolabi, made this known connected Thursday portion speaking connected Situation Room, a vigor programme aired successful Ibadan.

ASUU had connected Monday commenced a two-week informing onslaught to protestation the Federal Government’s nonaccomplishment to motion the renegotiated draught statement produced by the Yayale Ahmed-led committee, which concluded its enactment implicit 8 months ago.

Dr. Afolabi accused the authorities of taking the union’s patience for granted contempt ASUU’s committedness to dialogue.

He said the national resorted to the informing onslaught owed to the government’s “delay tactics” and disregard for the principles of corporate bargaining.

“We waited for 8 months and adjacent organised peaceful protests to sensitise Nigerians connected the request for authorities to motion the renegotiated statement with the Yayale Ahmed committee. But alternatively than honour that effort, authorities came backmost to america with different committee to commencement the full engagement afresh,” helium lamented.

Describing the determination arsenic “a discarded of clip and resources,” Afolabi said the authorities appeared “more funny successful buying clip than resolving issues affecting lecturers’ payment and moving conditions.”

He expressed heavy interest implicit the increasing question of resignations among elder academics successful Nigeria’s nationalist universities, noting that galore professors were leaving for amended opportunities abroad, portion recently employed lecturers were besides quitting owed to mediocre remuneration and unfavourable moving conditions.

“We bash not enactment successful an perfect environment. How bash you reward intellectuals with truthful small and inactive expect them to beryllium blessed oregon productive? Our onslaught is simply a absorption to the government’s deficiency of sincerity,” helium said.

“Inflation keeps rising, proscription costs are unbearable, and galore lecturers tin hardly conscionable their basal needs. Some tin nary longer spend to travel to the office, and those who bash tin hardly concentrate.”

Afolabi warned that the ongoing exodus of world unit and the nonaccomplishment of involvement among first-class graduates successful pursuing world careers could person dire consequences for the aboriginal of Nigeria’s higher acquisition system.

“Professors are voluntarily resigning and relocating abroad, portion first-class graduates are nary longer funny successful lecturing. These developments are alarming and indispensable beryllium addressed urgently,” helium cautioned.

The ASUU president called connected President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene and show genuine committedness to addressing the crisis, informing that continued neglect could pb to the illness of the nationalist assemblage system.

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