We’re not on strike, ready to teach students – CONUA

The just registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA) says its members are not on strike and will teach students if they are back to class.

Its national coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

It would be recalled that the federal government had on Tuesday formally registered two new university unions, the CONUA and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA).

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike since February 14, 2022 with several efforts to get the lecturers back to classroom frustrated.

Sunmonu said, “CONUA as an organization has not been on strike; there has been no time strike was declared. Well ASUU is an independent union and what it does has no bearing over other unions just like two different human beings. We have not been on strike and we are not on strike.

“We stopped teaching when students were asked to vacate campuses. We hope university will open and we can go back to teaching. The formation of CONUA is not on the basis of strike action declared by our sister union (ASUU). We have not been on strike; we are ready work if students are back on campuses.”