The Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, has denied media reports saying it was planning to embark
on a one-week warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN yesterday quoted
the Chairman of the University of Abuja chapter of ASUU, Ben Ugheoke, as saying
the union will on October 2nd embark on a one week warning strike to press home
their demands fro the full implementation of the 2009 agreements they had with
the Federal government.
In an interview with
Premiumtimes today, Ugheoke denied making such an announcement in an interview
he granted a NAN reporter.
“A certain reporter in
NAN is responsible for this damage. As a result of this falsified report, I am
facing a panel later tonight from ASUU National body. I have reached out to the
NAN reporter and he told me it was a mix-up. He also begged me to save his job.
We have never given a date for any form of strike, whether warning strike or
full blown strike. There was nothing like a date fixed for a strike” he said.
Ugheoke
says he hopes the agency will release a rebuttal to the false report soon. ASUU
on August 31st, threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the
non-implementation of its 2009 agreement with the Federal Government.
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