This was announced in a statement addressed to the branch chairpersons and zonal coordinators of ASUU on Monday by the association’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
Nigerian university lecturers under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have joined the ongoing strike declared by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress.
This was announced in a statement addressed to the branch chairpersons and zonal coordinators of ASUU on Monday by the association’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
The ASUU President directed members of the body to suspend all academic activities in universities nationwide to join the ongoing struggle for an increment in the national minimum wage.
The statement read, “The NLC has declared an indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, 3rd June, 2024, as a result of the failure of Government to conclude the renegotiation of minimum wage for Nigerian workers and reversal of hike in electricity tariff.
Our branches are hereby enjoined to join in the strike action as an affiliate member of Congress.
“Consequently, branch chairpersons are to mobilise all members to participate in the strike action. Yours in the struggle.”
However, findings by SaharaReporters revealed that this directive given by the ASUU national body was not being fully complied with by the universities.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, University of Ilorin in Kwara, and University of Maiduguri in Borno are yet to suspend their academic activities as instructed by ASUU as their students are currently taking their examinations, our correspondents gathered on Monday.
