Lecturers Begins Strike In Lagos University

Barely five months after the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria, ASUU, ended a six month strike action, lecturers of the Lagos State University, Ojo on yesterday declared the beginning of another industrial action.

 Addressing journalists in Lagos, the Chairman of LASU's chapter of ASUU, Dr. Adekunle Idris, said the failure of the university authorities to meet their demands prompted the strike.
According to him, members of the union took the unanimous decision at their congress in Ojo and said that the strike was “total, comprehensive and indefinite.”
Idris said, “The congress, after exhaustive deliberation, concluded that core issues that are germane to survival of the university and career of our members have been neglected by the authorities.”
According to him, the implementation of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions Amendment) Act 2012, already operational in other universities, is also still pending at LASU.


Commenting on what prompted them to declare an industrial strike, Idris opined that the union had explored all avenues to dialogue with the authorities and the opinion leaders in the state in a bid to avert the strike but they did not yield results.
He informed that the union had given a 14-day ultimatum effective April 15, and another seven-day ultimatum on May 1, saying they finally gave a three-day ultimatum on May 12, which expired May 14.

LASU Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kayode Sutton, while reacting to the development, told NAN reporter that the authorities had not received an official letter from the union on the action.
He added that of the initial 21 demands by the union, there were only three demands that the authorities had yet to meet.