President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described state-owned universities opting out of the ongoing industrial action as quacks.
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He stated this in an interview with Arise TV, monitored by The Nation on Friday.
Osodeke stated State universities planning to resume lectures are not members of ASUU except Lagos State University(LASU) whose case is still in court for sacking their executive members.
According to him: “Please when you’re providing data look at the background. Kwara State University is not a member of ASUU, they’ve not joined, you can check. Osun State University was suspended from ASUU for misbehaviour, you can check.
“In LASU that you mentioned, we are in court with LASU because they sacked all our executives more than five years ago, so they were not part of this struggle.
“For Ekiti State University, ASUU doesn’t run a University, the government have a right to say we have reopened, our members have the right to say that’s good for you, we are not teaching, we are on strike as it happened in Gombe State University, Yobe State University, you can go and check as it happened in Kaduna State University so don’t cite those examples, they are irrelevant.
“Talking about the issue, is Ibadan on strike, is UNN on strike, is ABU on strike, is BUK on strike, is Maiduguri on strike, is Lagos on strike? Let us talk about the important ones not those quacks.“
The demands of the union include the provision of funds for the revitalisation of public universities; payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA)/Earned Allowances (EA); payment of salary shortfalls; an end to the proliferation of state universities, renegotiation of a 2009 agreement; adoption of University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a payment platform for university teachers and payment of non-remitted check-off dues
ASUU has been on strike over alleged failure of Federal Government to meet its demands since February 14, 2022 with several meeting with the Federal Government team deadlocked.
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