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Kaduna varsity teachers insist on joining ASUU strike

By Saxone Akhaine, Kaduna
03 May 2022   |   2:48 am
Officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, have vowed to stand behind the demands of the parent union in the institution.

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Officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, have vowed to stand behind the demands of the parent union in the institution.

KASU chapter of ASUU, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Peter Adamu, and Assistant Secretary, Dr. Akos Ibrahim, noted that it has not pulled out of the ongoing strike as claimed by the university’s management.

It urged the Federal Government to meet its demands to avoid the collapse of the education system.

Besides, the union dissociated itself from the circular purportedly released by the university authorities asking students and lecturers to resume academic activities on May 9.

According to the lecturers, the directive of the university’s management violates the position of the union in the struggle.

“The attention of the union was drawn to a purported circular trending on social media platforms that KASU management has pulled out of the current roll-over strike action declared by ASUU. The memo dated April 26, 2022, directed all members of staff and students to resume academic activities by Monday, May 9, 2022.

“It is imperative at this point to clarify this and inform the public that ASUU-KASU dissociates itself from the purported circular released by the university management. It purely violates the position of the union in the current struggle,” they stated.

Adamu described the circular as a ploy to misinform the public, parents and guardians, and to blackmail the union.

He added: “The university management has the right to open the university, while members of the union also have the legitimate right to continue with the ongoing strike.

“It is important to note that the management of the university is not the mouthpiece of the union. Therefore, the union advises parents and guardians not to allow their children to resume until the current roll-over strike is suspended.”

The union explained that “the strike is in the best interest of the university system and no amount of threat would cow the branch to withdraw from the struggle.”

KASU management, on April 28, explained that Kaduna State Government had nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the strike by ASUU.

It made the clarification against reports that the Governor Nasir el-Rufai administration coerced it into resuming academic activities.

“The recent announcement on the resumption of academic activities is in line with the academic calendar that stipulates continuation of lectures effective from May 9, 2022,” the manager explained.

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