The Chairman of the University of Calabar branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tony Eyang, has disclosed that the union will not hands-up until the government meets its demands.
He made this statement while Speaking with Vanguard on Thursday, he also included that though "it is regrettable that ASUU is taking such a stand, it was for the good of education in Nigeria."
Read his statement:
“We are avowed to our responsibility to the future of this country; it is regrettable that over and over again we get to this point but what we have resolved to do is that government does the needful and we will not surrender even if it means our embarking on a total and indefinite strike for years,”
Eyang made it clear that ASUU has been trying to meet with President Buhari, since he got to the throne but all the efforts were in vain.
He further went to say that the union also tried to have a conversation with the Minister of Education and the National Assembly, but all the efforts were to made to no avail.
He added that;
“When the present government came into office, ASUU exercised a lot of patience, a lot of understating as a form a support to the government.
“We indicated intention to have an audience with the President who is the visitor to all the federal universities, the Minister of Education and the National Assembly so as to make government see the need to address these pending issues but that was granted”.
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