ASUU denies plans to embark on strike on October 2nd

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has
denied media reports saying it was planning to embark
on a one-week warning strike. The News Agency of
Nigeria NAN yesterday quoted the Chairman of the
University of Abuja chapter of ASUU, Ben Ugheoke, as
saying the union will on October 2nd embark on a one
week warning strike to press home their demands fro
the full implementation of the 2009 agreements they had
with the Federal government.
In an interview with Premiumtimes today, Ugheoke
denied making such an announcement in an interview
he granted a NAN reporter.
“A certain reporter in NAN is responsible for this
damage. As a result of this falsified report, I am
facing a panel later tonight from ASUU National
body. I have reached out to the NAN reporter and
he told me it was a mix-up. He also begged me
to save his job. We have never given a date for
any form of strike, whether warning strike or full
blown strike. There was nothing like a date fixed
for a strike” he said.
Ugheoke says he hopes the agency will release a
rebuttal to the false report soon. ASUU on August 31st,
threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the
non-implementation of its 2009 agreement with the
Federal Government.