The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will continue with its strike until the government shows political will to end it.
The union has been on strike since February. It recently extended the industrial action by three months.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, ASUU president Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke said the union took the “difficult decision” after exhausting all avenues available to amicably settle the matter with the Federal Government.
“Let me give you an example, because this is where we are getting it wrong, when the airline operators said they were going to stop the flights, the Senate and House of Representatives quickly stepped in.
“This is because they are affected; they quickly rushed in and addressed the problem, why would they not resolve that of the education sector that is affecting the children of the poor and the ordinary people
“If the government is willing to resolve the issues affecting the Nigerians, then there would be no need to go on strike.
‘“The problem is the will of government to resolve issues,” he said.
The striking lecturers’ demands include funding of the revitalisation of public universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears.
Others are the renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FG agreement and the inconsistency in integrated personnel payroll information system.
