Reactions As ASUU Embarks On One-month Warning Strike

Nigerians on social media have reacted to the one-month warning strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Naija News recalls that ASUU resolved to embark on industrial action after serious deliberations between the academic union and the National Executive Council, NEC.

The meeting which was supposed to end on Sunday, however, was extended into the early hours of Monday, and the academic union has now concluded to go on a warning strike to press home its demands from the federal government.

Some of ASUU’s demands include the payment of Earned Academic Allowance, revitalization fund, the replacement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, with the University Transparency and Accountability System UTAS, among others.

Several reactions on Twitter have trailed the announcement of the strike, with most Nigerians asking the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to attend to ASUU’s demands.

While supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused ASUU of politicising the strike and blackmailing the Buhari government.

See some of the reactions below:

@akojijeremiah wrote: “So what are they really fighting for please I don’t understand. The country has already failed as the giant of Africa.

“Going to school to study is what the poor masses have, but ASUU and FG always make the masses feel is a wrong decision to attend public universities.”

@Sacchayousouf wrote: “Let ASUU wait till next elections before they go on strike. At least, they won’t be participating in the elections to give us another set of bad leaders who in conjunction with ASUU always bribe their way in.”

@AammrAdamu wrote: “ASUU has been railroaded by the previous government with promises and that makes the issues difficult to solve. But here is the thing, any government that implement those promises will go down in the history lane as the government who values education the most #ASUU #AsuuStrikeUpdate.”

@Qubababa wrote: “I dey wonder weytin the make una go strike, still come back, come go, still come back, come go again.

“If demands are not met, stay there this time around, make una pin okoro. All these back and forth done tire us“.

@ChukwukaPatien3 wrote: “So after telling my mum that am graduating this year u will now come and tell me that strike starts on Tuesday. There is God ooo!!”

@EmmyOshoke23 wrote”: “If you see the way 100 level students are begging #ASUU no to strike, you will think ASUU is god.”

@Queen_minnna wrote: “How is a one-month strike warning??”