ASUU declares strike in Nigerian university amidst controversy

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The chairperson of the branch, Sylavnus Ugoh, announced that ASUU members are embarking on a “total, comprehensive and indefinite strike” starting from Thursday. He said the decision to embark on the strike was decided by the union at a congress held earlier on Thursday. He said the advertisement for the position of vice-chancellor to succeed the incumbent, Abdulrasheed NaAllah, a professor, is illegal, insisting that it negates the Establishment Act of the university.At Premium Times, we firmly believe in the importance of high-quality journalism. Recognizing that not everyone can afford costly news subscriptions, we are dedicated to delivering meticulously researched, fact-checked news that remains freely accessible to all.

The faction of the union led by Umar Kari and Mohammed Yisa, said in a statement that all the issues raised by Mr Ugoh had been addressed. “The University Governing Council as of 2017 gave us a place where we have a chair in the board of directors and to have a shareholder capacity, which we already paid for since 2017,” he told our reporter on Thursday.

“There are about five major issues in contention. The first one was the advertorial that was illegally placed for the vacancy of the post of vice-chancellor without following due process. Right now there’s no governing council in place and the Act of the university states clearly that it is only the university governing council that has the responsibility to hire and fire and in this case even to advertise for the post of the vice-chancellor,” he said.

He added that the university has recruited more than 200 persons and promoted many others without advertisement or approval of the council. According to the statement, the vice-chancellor had released the timetable for the election of deans in a manner that will not cripple the university activities, especially the ongoing students’ first-semester examination.

“The question begging the mind of everyone, staff and the public is why would ASUU, the University of Abuja alone, proceed on indefinite strike when the university of Maiduguri, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, ATBU Bauchi, and others sustain the sanctity of stable academic calendar on their campuses despite advertisement for VC positions,” the statement said.

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