The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday lamented that the

Federal Government has not made further commitment but rather deceiving Nigerians about its commitment to transformation agenda.

Hence, the union had resolved to continue with the ongoing strike following what it described as the federal government adamant posture not to implement the agreement it reached with the union.

The acting chairman of the Ibadan Zone Dr Karo Ogbinaka,  said after the meeting of Tuesday, 19th September 2013 with the Vice President, it was clear that the ‘FGN is merely paying lip-service to Education in Nigeria and deceiving the Nigerian Public on their commitment to its transformation agenda.’The Ibadan Zone of the Union comprising University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Olabisi Onabanjo University, University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Lagos State University, and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode.

The union said it had resolved to continue with this crusade to force the FGN to faithfully implement the 2009 Agreement and 2012 MOU in order to safe and secure the future of ‘our children’. “Nigerians should not be deceived.  How can there be a meaningful transformation when the Education sector is neglected and gradually taken over by Private entrepreneurs including government functionaries who are busy building private

Universities with stolen funds in and outside Nigeria?," it said.

ASUU assured Nigerians that it will not back-out in its struggle for the

emancipation of our people through ensuring that the government of the day was made to do what is right in the Education Sector. 

"This is a commitment that all members of the Union have vowed to pursue to its logical conclusion," it added.

While appealing to  Nigerians to support ASUU in this struggle to safe the Public Education in Nigeria and secure the future of this great Country, ASUU said it was unbelievable that government had demonstrated to Nigerians its unwillingness to implement the agreement freely entered to with ASUU.

The strike, although painful that it is dragging longer than necessary, ASUU noted that political office holders must be made to understand that they are holding offices in trust for the people and the needs of the masses must be cardinal government program.