The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP may affect the 2019 general elections, if not resolved now.
The fear of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC that the strike could affect the forthcoming general elections, if not suspended before the polls, has heightened calls for the resolution of the matter.
INEC is eyeing over one million ad hoc workers for the election, which begins in February, 2019.
The bulk of these workers would comprise lecturers and students of Federal Government tertiary institutions nationwide as well as National Youth Service Corps, NYSC members but this may no longer be because of the strike.
It should be recalled that at a briefing on Sunday at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, ASUU National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi urged the government not to drag ASUU into the election.
Ogunyemi implored the government to, among others, “demonstrate serious commitment to implement the spirit and letter of the 2009 Federal Government/ASUU agreement and consider the implementation of the 2013 and 2017 Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the union.
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