The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has deferred its decision to embark on strike.
It said on Saturday that it was still engaging in critical consultations.
These developments were contained in a pres statement the union issuedafter its National Executive Council , NEC, meeting that was held in Abuja to review the level of government’s implementation of the FGN-ASUU Memorandum of Action of 23rd December, 2020 and other related matters.
According to the union in the press statement entitled, ‘Enough of blackmail’, signed by ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, the lecturers regretted that the Federal Government had reneged on plan to set up an inter-ministerial committee to review the draft Renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.
The statement read in part: “NEC was worried by the spirited efforts of government agents to reduce the demands of ASUU to a regime of intermittent payment of watered-down
revitalisation fund and release of distorted and grossly devalued Earned Academic Allowances.
“ASUU shall not relent in demanding for improvement in the welfare and conditions of service of our members. However, we shall resist any attempt to blackmail the union and derail our patriotic struggle for a productive university system by official propaganda founded on tokenism and crumb-sharing.
“NEC concluded that government has failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement and subsequent MoUs and MoAs.
“However, considering the ongoing intervention and consultation efforts, NEC resolved to review the situation at a later date with a view to deciding on the next line of action.”
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