ASUU strike: SERAP reports FG to UN
- The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has reacted to the the agreement between the federal government and the striking ASUU
- The body while reacting to the matter appealed to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs to prevail upon the agreement
- The organisation said failure to end the ongoing strike action by ASUU is also a fundamental breach of the right to higher education
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has involved United Nations Special Rapporteurs in the agreement between the federal government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Daily Trust reports that SERAP urged international body to prevail upon the agreement between the government and the union saying failure to end the ongoing strike is also a fundamental breach of the right to higher education.
In the appeal dated December 28, 2018 and signed by SERAP Senior legal adviser Bamisope Adeyanju, the organization said by failing to prevent and end the ASUU strike, the Federal government had defied and breached the explicit requirements of the right to equal access to higher education by Nigerian children and young people.
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SERAP stated: “The failure to end the ongoing strike action by ASUU is also a fundamental breach of the right to higher education without discrimination or exclusion, as strike actions continue to penalise economically disadvantaged parents who have no means or lack the capacity to pay to send their children to private schools.
“The obligations of the Nigerian government to create the conditions necessary for the enjoyment of the right to education include to take preventive measures to address the root causes of strike action by ASUU and to take steps to end any strike action in a timely manner when it occurs.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that some parents and students on Tuesday, November 27, urged the federal government to speedily intervene and resolve the ongoing strike by the ASUU.
The parents expressed worry over the constant strikes embarked upon by the university lecturers’ union.
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The federal government and ASUU had a meeting to resolve their agreement in order to suspend the lecturers’ strike. However, the meeting that reportedly started at about 5 p.m. at the federal ministry of education ended in another deadlock.
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