ASUU: "We Will Not Return To Class" – Lecturers Say

Striking lecturers on Tuesday insisted that they would not return to class as directed by the Federal Government. The Supervisory Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Thursday had directed the striking teachers to return to work on or before December 4 or face dismissal.

Yesterday it was made known that the ultimatum deadline had been shifted to Monday so the lecturers could participate in the burial of a former President of ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi on Saturday.
Wike also urged the authorities of all the nation’s public universities to open attendance registers for the returning workers.

Still on Tuesday, the protesting lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities vowed that the sack threat by the FG would not stop the lingering strike. The LASU chapter chairman of the
union Dr. Adekunle Idris, speaking with journalists after the congress, said they decided to continue the strike until the Federal Government met their demands.

The congress, he said, also resolved that no member of the union would sign the attendance register in the institution.

Commenting on the sack threat, he said the branch was not only committed to the industrial action but also supportive of the decision of the national body to press for proper funding of education.

His OOU counterpart, Dr. Nasir Adesola, said the union would not succumb to the threat by the Federal Government to sack the lecturers.