ABU Lecturers declare February 7th Lecture-free Day, to Mobilise for ASUU
Lectures of Ahmadu Bello University under the Congress of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ASUU-ABU) Branch has declared Monday 7th February, 2022 as lecture-free day in the University.
This is to allow the union to mobilize its members, stakeholders (students and general public) in protest to the action of the Government towards the implementation of the Memorandum of Action with the union.
According to a statement on Friday, February 4, 2022, signed by the ASUU-ABU Chairman Prof. Rabiu Nasiru, and Secretary, Hussein A. Abdullahi, this was part of the resolutions of the ASUU-ABU congress meeting held on 3rd February, 2022 at Abdullahi Smith Lecture Theatre.
The meeting was to deliberate on the report of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (FGN/ASUU) and the level of its implementation.
Recall that ASUU had resolved to embark on a fresh Industrial action to compel the federal government to meet its demands since last year, threatening strike action among government-owned universities.
However, following the intervention of NIREC, ASUU opted to go for more consultations and to give the government a few weeks within January 2022 to address all outstanding issues arising from the December 2020 Memorandum of Action (MoA).
The 50-member NIREC, under the co-chairmanship of the Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III; and the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, is also backed by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Kukah, among other Christian and Muslim leaders.
In an interview with THISDAY Newspaper, ASUU President, Mr. Emmanuel Osodake, said the union had agreed to wait till February.
He also added that it has also submitted its position to NIREC which promised to help mediate and resolve the issues.
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