A frontline Nigerian rights
activist, Comrade Emmanuel
Onwubiko, is set to go on a
hunger strike as his
contribution towards ending
industrial action by the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), which has
crippled the country’s public
universities since July 1.
ASUU is seeking to force the
federal government to fulfill an
agreement reached in 2009
under which government is
supposed to have committed at
half a trillion naira to the
country’s university sector.
ASUU has rejected the N130
billion offered by the Goodluck
Jonathan administration,
insisting on full implementation
of the agreement.
Writing on his Facebook wall,
Onwubiko, National Coordinator
of the Abuja-based Human
Rights Writers’ Association of
Nigeria (HURIWA), said: “Watch
out: I will announce the date for
commencement of a two-day
hunger strike in support of
ending ASUU strike, reopening
public universities and
adequately funding them and
for lecturers engaging in sex-
for-marks to be identified and
prosecuted by ICPC/and/or
EFCC. When the date is
disclosed, I will solicit your
support and prayers.”
Contacted this morning,
Onwubiko, who is also a
Columnist with News Express,
said that there is no going back
on the hunger strike. He
disclosed that it would hold
“next week Tuesday/
Wednesday,” adding: “I will
issue a press release today.”
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