ASUU advises FG to review fuel pump price increase
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the Federal Government to review the recent increase in fuel pump price.
Mr Augustine Ndaghu, Yola Zonal Coordinator of the Union, gave the advice during a press conference in Yola on Monday.
Ndaghu observed that the price increase was announced by the Federal Government at a wrong time when people were struggling to survive following the outbreak of Coronavirus.
“This is not the right time for government to declare the fuel pump price increase because people are currently struggling to survive the COVID-19 economic meltdown,” Ndaghu said.
On the lingering negotiations between the union and the government that led to the ongoing industrial dispute, the coordinator accused government of insincerity.
He said that it was government’s inaction to recognise and implement various agreements signed between the two that led to the shutdown of the public universities in the country.
“Federal Government continue to ignore the outstanding issues in the FG/ASUU Memorandum of Action of Feb. 7, 2019
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