FG brought nothing to our last meeting, strike not ending soon — ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the ongoing strike action will not end anytime soon.

ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, spoke on Wednesday during a Twitter Space organised by Premium Times.

The striking varsity lecturers embarked on industrial action shows that since February 14 over the Federal Government’s alleged failure to meet its demands.

Hopes of the strike coming to an end were dashed after a meeting between the union’s executives and the federal government on Tuesday ended in deadlock.

Commenting on the meeting, Osodeke said the government came “with nothing” to the meeting.

The ASUU president said the government is yet to show any commitment to the demands of the lecturers.

He said, “The situation now is that it’s even worse than when we started. The government has not shown any responsibility on how to fund our university system and education in general.

“They only claim they don’t have funds, no one can believe that. There are no funds and one man can steal N109 billion and the government is trying to negotiate with him? The government has not shown any commitment.

“We met with them yesterday and they came with nothing. It is very sad that all Nigerian universities are closed and all the government is interested in, is how to win elections and Nigerian people are watching.”