This follows the announcement made by ASUU earlier on Monday, to extend its strike by eight weeks over the failure of the Federal Government to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week warning strike.

This was contained in a press release, jointly signed by the President, General Secretary and Public Relations Officer of the UI Students’ Union; Adewole Yinka, Bamidele Taiwo and Olalekan Michael Ajibola, respectively.

The Union declared its unreserved support for the striking academic staff, stating that it was committed to a better education system.

The Union stressed how distressing it was distressing to observe that the warning strike of ASUU had produced no result in one month because the government had shown no sign of acceding to the request of ASUU.

The Union stressed how distressing it was distressing to observe that the warning strike of ASUU had produced no result in one month because the government had shown no sign of acceding to the request of ASUU.

The statement read in part, “the Academic Staff Union of Universities declared a four-week warning strike on February 14, to ensure that the Government meets their demands. The fulfilment of the 2009 agreement, the revitalization of the University System, the payment of earned allowances, and the move from IPPIS to UTAS as a payment method are among the requests.

“However, it is distressing to observe that the warning strike has produced no results in one month, as the FGN has shown no sign of acceding to ASUU’s requests.

“For this reason, the disagreement between the FGN and ASUU has escalated into a major source of concern, with Nigerian students facing the brunt of the consequences.

“As a result, the University of Ibadan Students’ Union, which is committed to a better educational system, declares an unreserved support for ASUU, given its commitment to the development and improvement of tertiary institutions.

“Let us remind the FGN that qualitative education is the leverage for national development and that underfunding the system or ignoring lecturers’ welfare comes with highly devastating academic consequences. That is why we consider the FGN’s indifference to ASUU’s demands to be completely unacceptable.”

The Union further asked that the Federal Government should prioritise the demands of ASUU, stating that it would take stern measures should the government choose to ignore their appeal.

“Hence, we, together with other stakeholders, ask the FGN to give full priority to ASUU and meet its demands as soon as possible, so that classes can resume, as it appears that the sector of the country most affected is the Nigerian student body.

“If the FGN, however, chooses to ignore this appeal, University of Ibadan students would take certain stern but rational measures to demand that the FGN honours its agreement with ASUU,” the statement read further.

According to the airline’s Manager, Communication , Mr Adebanji Ola, all the early morning flights for the day were operated as scheduled.

Ola said : “All our early morning flights for Tuesday, 15 September, 2020 operated in and out of Lagos on schedule and all other flights for the day will operate as scheduled”.

“Once again, we apologize to all our valued customers for the disruption to their travel plans on Monday and assure them of our resolve to continually adhere to safety standards. We thank our esteemed customers for their understanding, confidence and support during this period”, he added.

He further said that passengers with tickets who could not fly on Monday can modify such tickets at no extra cost to travel at any time.

Recall while condemning the action of the unions members on Monday, the airline had said : “We wish to place on record that the picketing was illegal and has no backing of the aviation unions whose leadership have embraced dialogue by attending mediatory meetings called for Tuesday, September 15, 2020 by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).”

“The management strongly condemns this action and once again assures all stakeholders of a safe and conducive working environment. We shall also protect the interest of the flying public for a safe, friendly and on time travelling experience”.

“We are already working with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Aviation and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to resolve all pending issues with the unions and a section of the staff”.