The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed frustration over what it described as the Federal Government’s failure to act on long-standing issues affecting its members.
The union also outlined conditions for accepting the counteroffer to the 2009 agreement, which is currently being reviewed by a government committee led by Abel Enitan, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, had on Thursday disclosed that the committee was finalising a “clean proposal” to be presented to ASUU.
“We’ve decided on a counter-proposal to them. We now close by setting up a high-level technical team to clean up our proposal, come with a clean document,” Alausa said at a press briefing.
The 2009 agreement remains the last official pact between ASUU and the government, with the union insisting that it must be reviewed to reflect improved welfare for lecturers.
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Reacting to the counteroffer, ASUU National President, Chris Piwuna, maintained that the union would only accept a concrete proposal that meets its demands.
“I truly hope they will come up with something tangible. Our members are tired of words and no action,” Piwuna told Sunday PUNCH.
