PROFESSORS ARE TURNING TO FARMING AND OTHER JOBS DURING THE STRIKE – ASUU PRESIDENT

According to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, university lecturers are choosing to pursue non-academic endeavors to support themselves as their strike action continues.

Since February 14, ASUU has been on strike in support of a number of demands, including greater welfare, the revitalization of public universities, and academic autonomy.

The government’s choice to not accept the union’s requests, according to ASUU President Professor Emmanuel Osodeke in an interview with Punch Newspaper, is damaging the country.

After the Federal Government pledged N50 billion to pay earned allowances for university staff, including ASUU members, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU), on Saturday, suspended their strike actions.