ASUU threatens strike over unmet demands

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, said the union may consider going on strike if the government does not respond to its demands after all the nationwide protests.

For some weeks now, ASUU chapters have been engaging in nationwide protests.

They also wrote open letters to the Federal Government to request that the agreements the government had with the union be implemented.

Members of ASUU-UNILAG and students on Thursday protested the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government.

The students, who came out to support their lecturers, displayed placards with inscriptions including “Education is life; proper funding of university education is non-negotiable;” “Lecturers too want an earthly reward for teaching all professionals;” and “Stop establishing universities you cannot fund” among others.

They marched from Julius Berger Hall on the campus to the university gate and back to the ASUU-UNILAG secretariat.

Speaking during the protest, the chairman, of ASUU-UNILAG, Prof. Kayode Adebayo, maintained that the purpose of the nationwide protests was to inform the public about the insensitivity and silence of the government on the union’s demands.