Monday 2 December 2013

ASUU MOBILIZES MEMBERS NOT TO COMPLY WITH FG's ULTIMATUM ON THE ASUU STRIKE

ASUU during the weekend embarked on mass mobilisation of members not to comply with the federal government December 4th ultimatum to resume lectures. the chairman says asuu strike continues...

union members were directed not to sign any register that may be opened by their Vice Chancellors.

The leadership of the union on Friday gave the directive that all branches chairmen should device means of mobilising their members not to fall for the threats of the federal government.

It described  the federal government’s threat as “empty”, pending the next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Union slated to hold at Minna.

AChairmen were also advised not to hold public congresses in order to avoid any face off with armed military men government deployed to all institutions for the implementation of the December 4 deadline of re-opening. from a close source,

“Chairmen of  all branches are to devise means of mobilising their members not to be intimidated into signing any register or returning to back to classroom. We also resolve not to hold any open congress now that our campuses are militarised but we will ensure that our people are adequately informed"

“Same goes for the next NEC meeting. We resolved not to make public the date but we want all branches to monitor and ensure non-compliant with the federal government December 4 deadline before the council meeting slated for Minna, Niger State,”

the union started using SMS and other social media to reach out and to mobilise members not to succumb to federal government threat which the union described as “empty”, insisting that the strike continues.

in one of the messages sent out, it writes thus “Dear members, FG decision to threaten us with sack confirms our suspicion that FG may not be honest and can not be trusted. Don’t sucumb (sic) to this empty threat. The strike continues. We shall triumph again. Please, DO NOT SIGN ANY REGISTER. ALUTA CONTINUA- CHAIRPERSON”.

Another message reads, “Dear Congress member, I’m appealing we should stay calm and remain resolute. There is nothing wrong in asking govt to do what it says it will do immediately.  ASUU is not making any new demands as the Minister is propagating Govt is only repeating a ‘one act play’ scripted by the IBB dictatorship in early 90s. It didn’t work then, and, it won’t work now ALL BRANCHES are intact. We cannot be intimidated!!! UNITED WE BARGAIN DIVIDED WE BEG!!! ALUTA CONTINUA”.
one of the proffessors of university of minna stated that “We are not moved by the ultimatum. We are waiting to see how they (govt) intend to wriggle itself out of the self inflicted problem. Do they know how the system runs. The era of intimidation is gone ,” the university don stated.

Meanwhile University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and Enugu State University of Science and Technology have directed students to resume today while ebonyi state university had earlier on resumed academic activities.

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