ASUU holds nationwide rally today ahead looming strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities will today hold a nationwide rally as a precursor to a looming national strike in the nation’s universities.

On Monday, ASUU announced that it was already mobilising its members across the country for a nationwide rally scheduled for today (Tuesday).

ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Adeola Oyebisi Egbedokun, told newsmen at a press conference held at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti that the move was part of the union’s efforts to pressure the Federal Government to address its long-standing demands

Egbedokun stated that the rallies were the union’s first decisive response to the government’s continued inaction, warning that the protests signal what lies ahead if concerns remain unaddressed.

He said today’s rallies will be held simultaneously across universities in the country, with academic activities suspended during the demonstrations.

He stated that the National Executive Council of ASUU had given the government until its scheduled meeting of August 28 to respond to its demands, after which the next line of action would be determined.

The ASUU Zonal Coordinator said, “For over two years, we have kept faith with dialogue and refrained from strikes, but our patience has reached its limit.”

He however warned, “If the government continues to play games with the future of our universities, then it must bear the consequences of the storm that will follow.”