Nigerian government gives striking ASUU ultimatum

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(Nigeria) The Nigerians government on Thursday stepped in to stop a long-running strike by university lecturers, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ordering an immediate end to the dispute and vowing to sack teachers who refused to cooperate.
Education Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike said he was dismayed that ASUU, was issuing fresh demands, three weeks after a meeting with the government raised hopes of a swift return to work.
The lecturers walked out in July over claims that the government had failed to implement a 2009 agreement to improve their welfare and upgrade facilities on state-run campuses.
Hundreds of thousands of students have been left in limbo and lost a semester of study after a succession of talks broke down, souring initial public sympathy.
"As a responsible government we cannot allow the continuous closure of our public universities for this length of time, as this poses a danger to the education system, the future of our youths and national development" said Wike.
The federal government as a result ordered that universities where lecturers were on strike should re-open immediately, he added, claiming that the intervention "was in the best interest of our dear country".
"Any academic staff who fails to resume on or before December 4, 2013, automatically ceases to be a staff of the institution," he told reporters in Abuja.
Nigeria has about 1.2 million students in public and private universities, according to the National Universities Commission.
Privately run institutions are less affected by the walk-out.

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