COEASU Sets to Embark on Strike

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), has issued a stringent warning to the Federal Government (FG) for failure to take action on the various demands of the union.

This warning is based on the understanding and agreement reached before the suspension of its industrial action, which lasted for over two months in December 2018.

COEASU made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of the Expanded National Executive Council (ENEC) meeting of the union held on 10th and 11th of September, 2019 in Akoka, Lagos.

The Union, in the communiqué, jointly signed by the President, Nuhu Ogirima and General Secretary, Taiwo Olayanju, warned that only an urgent attention by FG to the lingering contentious issues, would forestall disruption of academic activities in the Colleges of Education across the country.

Condemning the disposition of the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) towards the desired effective resolution of all the protracted issues, COEASU said:

“Following the re-appointment of Malam Adamu Adamu, as Minister of Education, the Union expects a meaningful rejigging of the system to ensure the resolution of all lingering issues in contention and that the minister would address the manifest marginalization of the COE system in the governance of tertiary education sub-sector.