ASUU accuses Fed Govt of insincerity

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) at the weekend accused the
Federal Government of insincerity in the
implementation of the agreement it
reached with the union in 2009.
The union said the government has not
shown interest in addressing the
problems of the Education sector.
It also said the government was feigning
ignorance about the union's demands.
The National Convener, ASUU Committee
on Human Rights, Dr Sola Olorunyomi,
spoke on a Splash FM programme,
"Voices", monitored in Ibadan, the Oyo
State capital.
He said ASUU's leaders, who met with
representatives of the Federal
Government, were shocked when the
government feigned ignorance about the
strike and its agreement.
The academic explained that it was only
when the representatives were shown
the government's signature on the
document that the reality dawned on
them.
Olorunyomi said: "We are resolute this
time. We are prepared to go hungry. You
can't believe that the people we met first
feigned ignorance about the agreement.
It was not until our team brought out the
memorandum of agreement and then
some of them saw their signatures. It
was a drama of sorts. But you can only
have that in Nigeria."