NBA Urges ASUU not to end strike

The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar
Association has urged the Academic Staff
Union of Universities not to end its
ongoing strike which started on July 1,
2013 unless its demands are met by the
Federal Government.

Chairman of the branch, Mr. Monday Ubani,
at a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday,
said the union should stick to its demands
to avoid the need for embarking on
another round of strike action in few
months time.

The demands of the university teachers
include the N87bn which the Federal
Government agreed to pay to them in
2009 as arrears of their earned allowances.
Ubani, while fielding questions from
journalists, said, "I will like ASUU not to call
off the strike for now so that this issue can
be addressed once and for all.

"They should not renege on the agreement
and call off the strike only to embark on
another one again in the next few
months."

Ubani, who addressed the press alongside
other members of his executive council,
said the strike was a blow to the
educational system and that it was caused
by the Federal Government's misplaced
priorities.

He said, "We are confused with the
priorities of this government. While they
said they have no money to rescue our
educational sector, they are busy buying
another jet to add to the fleet jet already
owned by the Presidency and organising
jamboree of high class women in Abuja
with millions of naira."

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