UNILAG ASUU joins strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos Chapter , has ensured total compliance with the strike directive given by the union ’ s National Executive Committee.

The Chairman of the chapter , Dr Dele Ashiru, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos .

He said that the chapter held a congress on Tuesday during which members resolved to join in the industrial action.

NAN reports that the ASUU NEC on Sunday declared a nationwide indefinite strike at a meeting at the Federal University of Technology , Akure .

The union is protesting poor funding of public universities , non- implementation of the 2009 agreement it entered into with the Federal Government .

It is also protesting alleged government plans to introduce tuition fees and an education bank.

According to Ashiru, the strike directive has been carried out fully in the institution .

“ We have achieved 100 per cent compliance with the directive handed to us by the union ’ s executives , ” he said .

(NAN )