ASUU strike: We were patient with Buhari, he must meet our demands – Eyang

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ASUU strike: We were patient with Buhari, he must meet our demands – Eyang

Chairman of the University of Calabar branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tony Eyang, has made it clear that the union will not surrender, until the government meets its demands.

Speaking with Vanguard on Thursday, Eyang stressed that though it is regrettable that ASUU is taking such a stand, it was for the good of education in Nigeria.

“We are avowed to our responsibility to the future of this country; it is regrettable that over and over again we get to this point but what we have resolved to do is that government does the needful and we will not surrender even if it means our embarking on a total and indefinite strike for years,” he said.


Eyang also claimed that ASUU has been making efforts to meet with Muhammadu Buhari, since he became president, all to no avail.

He said the union also tried to talk to the Minister of Education and the National Assembly, but met a brick wall.

Enyang added: “When the present government came into office, ASUU exercised a lot of patience, a lot of understating as a form a support to the government.

“We indicated intention to have an audience with the President who is the visitor to all the federal universities, the Minister of Education and the National Assembly so as to make government see the need to address these pending issues but that was granted”.