The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has concluded plans to embark on a one-week nationwide strike starting from Wednesday, 16th November, 2016, stating that the strike would be total and comprehensive.

This conclusion was made in a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja by the president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, who noted that there shall be no teaching, no examination and no attendance at statutory meetings of any kind in any of the union’s branches while the strike lasts.

The bone of contention which necessitated the strike action include funding of universities for revitalisation in line with the MOU entered into with the union in 2013; renegotiation of the FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement which ASUU believes will reposition the entire education sector and facilitation of the registration of the Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO), among others.

The union is calling on Nigerians, particularly students, religious leaders, traditional leaders, market women and politicians to prevail on government to do the needful, in order to avert any action that would disrupt academic activities across all public universities in the country.

Meanwhile, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) from universities in Western Zone shut down the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, yesterday to protest the dismissal of 23 of their colleagues by the institution’s management. The protesting SSANU members used bonfire, vehicles and human shield to obstruct traffic and communicate their displeasure over what they described as injustice and victimisation of members by FUNAAB management.