List of Universities Alleged to Have Pulled out of ASUU Strike

The strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered its 195th day on Tuesday, August 30, sadly some universities, especially state universities have pulled out.

The list compiled by The Punch, include:

• Kwara State University
• Lagos State University
• Osun State University
• Kaduna State University, among others

Meanwhile, some state universities have also just announced resumption amid the ongoing strike.

One of such is the Ekiti State University.

The management of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, August 24, directed all newly-admitted students for 2021/2022 academic session to resume yesterday, Monday for screening, registration and orientation programme.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)

Similarly, the management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo state, recently announced resumption, indicating it has pulled out of the ASUU strike.

The institution’s registrar, Dr Kayode Ogunleye, in a circular entitled “Release to Staff and Students: Continuation of the First Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session,” announced Thursday, August 18, as the date for resumption.

According to Leadership newspaper, the ASUU branch in the university refused to resume.

State universities that are still on strike

The majority of state-owned universities remain on strike, as the ASUU branches in those varsities vowed not to return to the classroom following the federal government’s failure to successfully negotiate with the national body of the union.

Punch reported that chairpersons of ASUU in the affected state universities described as “ignorant” calls for the suspension of the strike in state-owned universities.

The universities include:

• Gombe State University
  
• Olabisi Onabanjo University
• Tai-Solarin University of Education,
• Ogun state Adekunle Ajasin University,
• Ondo State Bauchi State University
• Benue State University
• Ibrahim Babaginda University,
• Niger Yusuf Maitama Sule University,
• Kano Imo State University
• Nasarawa State University
• Abia State University
• Kano State University of Technology
• Kebbi State University
• Sokoto State University among others.

Meanwhile, ASUU has threatened to query universities that have failed to comply with its decision to remain on strike while negotiations with the federal government continue, Daily Trust reported.

ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

“We will punish those who have pulled out from our ongoing strike the appropriate way.

“We will ensure to query them and we will follow it up the appropriate way. We have even queried some of them in accordance with the union,” Osodeke said.

ASUU’s demands include funding for the revitalisation of public universities, Earned Academic Allowances, use of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears

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List of Universities Alleged to Have Pulled out of ASUU Strike