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ASUU postpones strike
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As a result of negotiations still underway, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has postponed its decision to strike.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Last Thursday, the union issued a new three-week warning, accusing the federal government of coercion and propaganda.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ASUU made the comment while accusing the Federal Government of abandoning efforts to study the draft 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ASUU committed to continue fighting for the welfare of professors in a statement headlined &#8216;Enough of Blackmail,&#8217; signed by its president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The ASUU stated once more that the Federal Government had failed to address all of the points addressed in the 2009 accord.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ASUU committed to continue fighting for the welfare of professors in a statement headlined &#8216;Enough of Blackmail,&#8217; signed by its president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The ASUU stated once more that the Federal Government had failed to address all of the points addressed in the 2009 accord.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The statement read in part that NEC was concerned by the spirited efforts of government agents to reduce ASUU&#8217;s demands to a regime of intermittent payment of watered-down revitalisation cash and release of distorted and highly devalued Earned Academic Allowances.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ASUU will not halt in its efforts to improve our members&#8217; welfare and working circumstances.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">However, we will fight any attempt by state propaganda based on tokenism and crumb-sharing to blackmail the union and derail our patriotic campaign for a constructive university system.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">However, in light of the ongoing intervention and consultation efforts, the NEC decided to revisit the situation at a later date with a view to know the next action.</span></p>