Reactions have trailed the extension of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) industrial action.
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This Online Newspaper earlier reported that ASUU decided to extend its ongoing strike after a series of heated discussions during its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was held at the union\u2019s headquarters at the University of Abuja from Sunday till Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recall that the strike, which began on February 14th, entered the 196th day on Monday (today) after the government failed to meet some of its demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the union\u2019s demands include payment of earned allowances and salaries for lecturers, improved funding and maintenance for tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other demands are the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability system (UTAS) for salary payment instead of the government\u2019s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), and the renegotiation of the ASUU FG 2009 agreement, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some Nigerians have taken to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter to express their reactions to the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See some of the reactions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@japaprofessor_ wrote: \u201cSad, students should better start getting productive and stop hinging their hope on the outcome of FG-ASUU meetings.\u201d
@AhanotuIkenna wrote: \u201cSad to say, but students should forget going to school this year. I don\u2019t see that strike being called off till after the elections except if something happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@IamShola_best wrote: \u201cFederal Government should just allow those that want to resume among the lecturers go back to class and dismiss the rest and pay those that resumes, then recruit new people to take the place of those that will be dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@ukange_davidx wrote: \u201cEvery time they call for a meeting. I always have this feeling we Gonna get bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@Miniboyyrn_ wrote: \u201cTho my sister is crying for a big help, we wey dey polytechnic na hin dey go school gan these days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@ImLegendl wrote: \u201cThey should be expecting rebellion from some universities, I don\u2019t know if these people are actually thinking about the students they stand to fight for anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@erust16_boehly wrote: \u201cIt has now entered an indefinite strike. But if you consult me, I can twart them to call off the strike in less than 3 weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@Jarfur_ wrote: \u201cNext week Monday, dem go enter meeting again, the next morning dem extend the strike. Dem just dey use students catch cruise.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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