The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, said the union may consider going on strike if the government does not respond to its demands after all the nationwide protests.
For some weeks now, ASUU chapters have been engaging in nationwide protests.
They also wrote open letters to the Federal Government to request that the agreements the government had with the union be implemented.
Members of ASUU-UNILAG and students protested the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government, late last week.
The students, who came out to support their lecturers, displayed placards with inscriptions including “Education is life; proper funding of university education is non-negotiable;” “Lecturers too want an earthly reward for teaching all professionals;” and “Stop establishing universities you cannot fund” among others.
They marched from Julius Berger Hall on the campus to the university gate and back to the ASUU-UNILAG secretariat.
Speaking during the protest, the chairman, of ASUU-UNILAG, Prof. Kayode Adebayo, maintained that the purpose of the nationwide protests was to inform the public about the insensitivity and silence of the government on the union’s demands.
“We are sensitising the public to prevail on the government so that we don’t go on strike. If nothing significant comes out after all these protests, we will decide to go on strike at our next NEC meeting.
“They should not force our union to take that route. We have wicked politicians who want to force ASUU to go on strike. We love our classrooms. We love our students, it is the Nigerian government that is striking against you, not ASUU,” he said.
Also speaking, a former chairman, ASUU-UNILAG, Dr Dele Ashiru, said lecturers in Nigeria are the least paid, adding that there was a plan to hand over Nigerian public universities to foreign investors.
