The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University chapter, has suspended its over two months strike.
ASUU-LASU had embarked on the strike
since May, citing fee hike, non-promotion of workers and
non-implementation of the Universities Miscellaneous Provision Act.
When contacted on Tuesday, Chairman of
ASUU-LASU, Dr. Adekunle Idris, said the decision to resume academic
activities was unanimously taken by members of the union at its last
congress.
Idris said, “We have suspended our
strike on Monday. The decision was taken during our last congress and
this is because half of our demands have been met.”
Also, the union in a letter jointly
signed by Idris and the secretary, Dr. Adeyemi Suenu, noted that an
agreement had been made to resolve outstanding issues.
“The congress suspended the strike
action, but resolved that discussions on the outstanding issues
identified by members should be continued by executives. Congress
believes that the letters and spirit of the resolutions reached with the
university administration, the University Appointments and Promotions
Committee, and the Governing Council shall hold,” it read.
Before the suspension of the strike,
ASUU had met with the management of the school on July 2 in which
certain resolutions were reached.
The parties at the meeting agreed that
promotion was an ongoing exercise, and any academic staff meriting
promotion should be promoted following established procedures.
The meeting noted that all outstanding
cases of promotion should be forwarded to the University Appointments
and Promotions (Academic) Committee according to established procedures.
On the University Miscellaneous Provision Act 2012, the meeting resolved that it was not within the purview of the Management.
The meeting also resolved that nobody should be victimised on the basis of his/her involvement in the strike action.
Meanwhile, the management of LASU in a
statement on Tuesday ordered members of the university community to
resume full activities immediately.
Public Relations Officer of LASU, Mr.
Kayode Sutton, in the statement, said, “Full academic activities for the
2013/2014 academic session are expected to commence on the university
campus, Ojo, and all its external campuses with immediate effect.
“After weeks of exhaustive negotiations,
the union finally capitulated to superior arguments of the university
management on the issues of dispute which included the reduction of
school fees, promotion of staff, and the Universities Miscellaneous
Provisions Act [2012] and was compelled to make a U-turn’ on the strike
action.”
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