{"id":32599,"date":"2020-11-19T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32599"},"modified":"2020-11-19T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:10:59","slug":"strike-why-weve-shifted-ground-asuu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/strike-why-weve-shifted-ground-asuu","title":{"rendered":"Strike: Why we\u2019ve shifted ground \u2013 ASUU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it has shifted ground from its initial demands in the interests of Nigerian students who have spent over 7 months at home.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU said it has dumped its initial insistence that the government should release one tranche of N220 billion revitalization fund and is now demanding for 50% of one tranche (N110 billion).<\/p>\n<p>The union said that its latest demand is just for the government to show its commitment to revitalization of the public universities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of a statement signed by the Lagos Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Prof. Olusoji Sowande and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The lecturers accused the government of deliberately attempting to allow the public universities collapse by failing to release the revitalization fund over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the interest of our students who have been at home for seven months, our union has shifted ground from the in insistence of a release of one tranche of N220 billion revitalization fund to demand for 50% of one tranche (N110 billion) for government to show its commitment to revitalization of our universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a major reason the government has not been able to return to negotiation with our union in the last two weeks,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU appealed to parents and students to understand that its current struggle is patriotic and that their sacrifice for the survival of Nigerian public universities is unparalleled.<\/p>\n<p>The union pointed out that its members have not been paid their salaries for 5 to 7 months now and have had to work under a very harsh environment.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU said its members have had to work without adequate facilities\/equipment and with ever increasing student population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it has shifted ground from its initial demands in the interests of Nigerian students who have spent over 7 months at home. 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