ASUU threatens nationwide strike

In apparent display of crass incapacity, the failure of the federal government to reconstitute governing councils of universities may precipitate and needless strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Upon assuming office, President Tinubu needlessly dissolved the governing councils of all universities owned by the federal government even when most of these councils were reconstituted barely a year earlier for a term of four years. The body, which recalled that the federal government dissolved governing councils of the universities in May, last year, has asked Nigerians to hold the government responsible for any decision it takes to protest the action of government. ASUU Chairman, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke Osodeke, spoke at a press conference at ASUU national secretariat, Abuja.

ASUU Decries Dissolution Of Governing Council In Dangote Varsity

The Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, has decried the dissolution of the institution’s governing council by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. This is contained in a statement issued by the chapter’s Chairperson, Dr. Aliyu Ahmad and Secretary, Dr. Mudassir Nasir, in Kano on Wednesday, The union described as “inappropriate,” the dissolution of the council which was effected by the Governor Yusuf, on May 29. The union said it was dismayed over the continuous running of the institution, formerly known as Kano State University of Science and Technology, without a governing council, as a result of the dissolution. It said the development was in breach and disregard of the provisions of the Kano State University of Science and Technology (Amendment) Law of 2017. The union therefore called on the governor to, as a matter of urgency reconstitute the council “in order to avoid paralysing the university system.” It also urged the state government to settle the outstanding entitlements of staff of the university.