ASUU UPDATE: "We will not hesitate to shut down the education system in the country, if the government fails to fulfil or honour the agreement" NUT

The Nigeria Union of
Teachers (NUT) gave a two-week
ultimatum to the Federal Government
and the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) to resolve the
strike, embarked upon by university
lecturers.
Mr. Michael Olukoya, the NUT President
stated this in Abuja at the end of the
Union's meeting with teachers'
representativesacross the country on
September 26, 2013, Thursday.
Mr. Olukoya said that members of the
Union would not hesitate to close down
the nation's schools, if the two parties
failed to reach agreement after two weeks.
He described the current ASUU strike "as
nationalistic, patriotic and self-sacrificing".
"We will not hesitate to shut down the
education system in the country, if the
government fails to fulfil or honour the
agreement it entered into with the
lecturers."
It would be recalled that ASUU had
embarked on a strike it described as
"comprehensive,total and indefinite" on
July 1, 2013.
The lecturers are protesting the non-
implementation of some issues, contained
in an agreement the Union had entered
into with the Federal Government since
2009.
Teacher's Issues
The NUT President said that Gov. Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo's call for a complete
over-haul of teachers' qualification as
unacceptable to the NUT. He said that the
blame should be put on the door steps of
the employers and not teachers.
"NUT will forever be proud of all its
teachers, believing that all employment
agencies are corruption-free, disciplined
and quality conscious in their employment
drives."
Mr. Olukoya also urged the governors of
Kogi, Benue and Cross River to honour the
agreement they made with teachers on the
payment of 27.5 per cent teachers salary
structure.