LAGOS—The relative industrial peace being
enjoyed by the University of Lagos, UNILAG may
be hanging in the balance as the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, has vowed to embark
on an indefinite strike next month if the institution
fails to accede to their demands.
UNILAG-ASUU Chairman, Dr Laja Odukoya during
a warning protest on campus Thursday, said: “If
by next National Executives Council, NEC, meeting
of ASUU slated for December 6 to 8, UNILAG
authorities do not address our 2011 agreement,
we shall go on indefinite strike.”
The union’s agitations, according to Odukoya
bordered on negligence in promoting lectures who
are due for promotions, adding, “I have people
who have been assistant lecturers in University of lagos
He noted that many of the lecturers who are due
for promotions were neglected on the grounds
that there are no vacancies.
He said: “If you are due for promotion, they tell
you there is no vacancy. As a result, you will not
be promoted.
Odukoya who lamented discrepancies in the
promotional exercise at the University of Lagos
said: “Those who are junior to you in other
universities are promoted and when they come
here, they end up being your superiors and are
even mandated to look into your papers.”
He explained that when a lecturer applies for
promotion, it takes a number of years for the
authorities in charge to process the letter.
The usual thing, he noted was that the promotion
should take effect from the date the document
was sent. “What they do in UNILAG is to back
date to two, three, four years and you will not get
arrears.’’
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