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All is not well at the Adamawa State University as a new faction of the Academic Staff Union of the Institution have called off the on- going strike action earlier declared by its umbrella body across the nation.
Our correspondent gathered that this was the outcome of a special congress held Thursday by some concerned lecturers of the institution where they also passed a vote of no confidence on the ASUU leadership of the institution.
In a statement which they termed “mistrust of purposeful leadership,’’ the Interim Chairman of the newly emerged ASUU faction , Dr Kamkwis Zira disclosed that the lecturers resolved to immediately call-off the strike to enable students commence normal academic activities next week Monday.
The Interim Chairman of the splinter group also disclosed that they were pushed to dissociate themselves from the industrial action in view of the security challenges in the area and state of emergency slammed on the state.
“We are not prepared for the strike action now because of our peculiar situation and therefore the congress saw the need for the students to resume”, he explained.
Dr. Zira who further maintained that a continuation of the industrial action will not better the lots of the people in the face of security challenges added “there have been outcries from well meaning Nigerians including student union bodies, parents, our fund providers, local government councils among others on the need to rescind our stand on the strike action so that the students can return and start exams,’’ he said.
The Faction leader further explained that prior to the commencement of the strike; lecturers in the institution were not briefed.
“Before the commencement of the initial strike, there was no referendum nor were we consulted. The so-called authorities just announced the strike and many lecturers felt aggrieved and decided to quit,’’ he explained.
While affirming their support to the national body of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Zira maintained that the national body of the Union has been briefed for its ratification and endorsement.
Reacting, a lecture in the institution, Mr. Molem Ishaku described the other faction as consisting of stooges and confusionists that were only doing the biddings of the management, adding that the strike would continue.
In his words’’ We are not going to call-off the strike until the national body asked us to do so,’’.
He further said “we are not on strike for personal gains. Rather it’s for the general improvement of the country’s ailing educational sector and called on students not to return.”
