Members
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday held street
rallies in Onitsha and Awka, Anambra State, to press home their demand
for the implementation of the 2009 agreement the union reached with the
Federal Government.
The
rally at Onitsha was conducted by ASUU members from the Anambra State
University, while that of Awka was conducted ASUU members from the
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
At
the Onitsha rally and street march held at Zik’s Roundabout, the
Chairman of ASUU of ANSU, Dr. Sylvia Okonkwo, said striking university
teachers would not return to the classroom unless the 2009 agreement was
executed.
She
said among other demands, ASUU was asking for an injection of N400bn
intervention fund annually into university education over the next three
years.
She
also said ASUU wants the Federal Government to aid state-owned
universities, pay lecturers their earned allowances, gradually increase
budgetary allocation to education, transfer landed property to
universities and make companies operating in Nigeria to set up research
and development units.
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