Reopening of universities: ASUU reveals when lectures will resume
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said lecturers will resume when the federal government implements the offers it made to the union.
ASUU president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi told The Nation on Sunday, December 6, that the government was yet to release the withheld salaries of some of its members.
The ASUU president pointed out that despite the latest offer from the government’s negotiating team, none of the offers made had been implemented.
Ogunyemi said:
“The offers people are talking about are proposals that have timeless and some of these things are expected to have been happening. If those things they promised with the timeline can happen before we conclude our consultation I think the process will go smoother.
“A concrete example is the payment of our members’ salaries which have not been paid. If people are not paid I don’t think anybody will be willing to go back to work and other things that have timeline that we expect government to implement.”
He said it is important for the government to fulfill its part of the bargain.