Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike
The federal government Thursday took the battle to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it ordered its striking members to resume work by December 4 or lose their jobs. The government, which also pointedly rejected a new set of demands presented by the teachers, who have been on strike since July 1, directed vice-chancellors of all federal universities to immediately re-open their schools for academic and allied activities. They are also to provide a conducive environment for academic and allied activities that will encourage lecturers ready to work to do so.
But in a swift reaction to government's orders, which caught the union unawares, ASUU condemned the directive, saying it would not be intimidated to call off the five-month-old strike.
The union had shut down the universities over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement reached between the government and ASUU aimed at boosting lecturers’ welfare and improving academic quality in the universities.
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