COSMBYLA Gives FG 7days Ultimatum to Resolve with ASUU.
The Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly, (COSMBYLA) has given the Federal Government 7days to resolve the standstill with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) otherwise they vowed to go on nationwide protest.
The group made this known in a public statement on Wednesday 27, signed by Mr. Goodluck Ibem, the president-general of COSMBYLA.
Recall that ASUU had on February 14 given a notice of 30 days warning strike to allow the federal government the grace to address the union’s demand. However the Government failed in doing so.
Mr. Goodluck expressed sadness over the state of education in the country following the unending strikes by ASUU and claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is been non-chalant about resolving the industrial action taken by lecturers.
According to their statement: “All students, our youths, and all lovers of democracy who mean well for our nation must rise up now and say no to these policies of backwardness by President Muhammadu Buhari who has no plans to ensure Nigerian students and their lecturers go back to school.
“We, therefore, give the federal government 7 days ultimatum to resolve the ASUU strike or face mass protests by Nigerian students and youths. The time is counting,” the statement read in part.
“Many Nigerian students in public Universities have been out of school due to the unending strike, with no hope of resuming anytime soon.
“Furthermore, many businesses around and within the tertiary institutions have been crippled due to economic hardship to the entrepreneurs as a result of the halt between the federal government and ASUU.
ASUU has made it clear that the union is not ready to call off the strike until the federal government meets its demands of replacing the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with the Universities Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS), and also fulfil the 2009 agreement on the Earned Academic Allowance.
