{"id":31457,"date":"2020-09-15T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31457"},"modified":"2020-09-15T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:28:12","slug":"asuu-gives-fg-single-condition-for-reopening-of-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31457","title":{"rendered":"ASUU gives FG single condition for reopening of universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ASUU-President-Professor-Biodun-Ogunyemi_crop_600x390-e1568097601440.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government of Nigeria one condition before it considers the reopening of universities in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the union, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi in a statement issued on Monday said that universities in the country will not reopen until the Federal Government honours the agreement it struck with the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a town hall meeting at the African Hall, the University of Ilorin, Prof. Ogunyemi insisted that the agreement must be honoured, before the federal government makes any announcement on reopening of universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/ASUU\">ASUU<\/a>&nbsp;also made it clear that if the government refuses to negotiate the 2009 agreement signed by both parties, then the union would unfold its next agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said; \u201cI think it is better we wait. When we get to that bridge, we will cross it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t open our strategy here; whatever you do is about strategy; let the government refuse to negotiate, we will unfold our strategy then,\u201d Ogunyemi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further noted that ASUU went on strike since March, because of the government\u2019s insensitivity to university education in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a deliberate attempt to kill university education in the country. Some universities use stoves in their laboratories instead of burners and buckets to fetch water to perform experiments; it\u2019s as bad as that,\u201d Prof. Ogunyemi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government of Nigeria one condition before it considers the reopening of universities in the country. 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