No-work-no-pay Rule May Escalate ASUU Crisis

Asaba – The DeltaStateUniversity Chapterof
the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) on Wednesday warned that
implementing the No-Work-No-Pay policy
would worsenthe industrial crisis in public
universities.
The Chairman ofthe chapter, DrEmmanuel
Mordi, said in Asaba that the
stategovernment was planning to
implement thepolicy for the first time.
NAN reports that the stateGovernor, Dr
Emmanuel Uduaghan, had urged ASUU
membersto return to classroom or face
implementation ofthe policy.
“When the strike is called off, lecturers will
say: `No pay, no work’. It does not help
anybody; it can only escalate thecrisis.
“It is unfortunate that ASUU is at the
receiving end, as the government, being
stronger, has the power towithhold
ASUUmembers’ salaries, he said.
He said that ASUU was willing to call off the
strike and would do so as soon as
theFederal Governmentshowedmore
commitment.
“We are anxious tocall off the strike, but
the governmentsaid we should wait for
somany months.
“What we must note is that our studentsare
also our children. Some lecturersare also
students;so, this is a very painful surgical
operation, which we have to carry out in
the bestinterestofour futuregeneration.”
Also theAdamawa chapter of theChristian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday
said thelingering strike by university
teachers in the country could destroythe
nation’s tertiary education.
The Chairman ofthe association, Rev.
Moses Taparki, in an interview in Yola,
expressed displeasure over the inability of
theFederal Governmentand theAcademic
StaffUnion of Universities (ASUU) toresolve
the issues.
Describing the situation as “unfortunate”,
he said it had lingered in spite of appeals
and interventions by groups and
individuals, and blamed the
governmentand the union for their seeming
“insensitivity” to theissue.
The cleric said the damage thestrike had
done to the university systemin thecountry
in the past fourmonths would take several
years to redress.
“The governmentand ASUUshould take
responsibility for the sad development.
Many groups and individuals, including
religious leaders and traditional rulers,
have appealed to them but all have been in
vain,” hesaid.
“For the rigid positions thegovernmentand
the university teachershave maintained on
the matter, I maintain that both
partiesmust take full responsibility for
thedamage the strike has done to
thesystem,” he stressed.
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