By OLA AJAYI
THERE was total compliance with a warning strike directed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as its members in the University of Ibadan Monday withdrew their services.

The strike also hindered the on going second semester examination as the authorities of the institution rescheduled it for 4th of October, 2011.

To compound the problem of the students, Non Academic Staff Union and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU are also hell bent on directing their members to go for warning strike starting from 3 October, 2011.

The examination that was to hold  Monday could not hold as examination halls in some faculties in the institution were vacant.

Students were seen loitering around and discussing in groups the negative impacts of the strike on them.

They called on the Federal Government to quickly address the issue so that they would not stay too long at home.

Among the students complaining bitterly about the strike were graduating students who are yet to finish their exams.

Dr Ademola Aremu, ASUU chairman, University of Ibadan described the strike as very effective.

He said,  “Nigeria is celebrating nothing. We have moved from the state with electricity in the sixties to no power nation. We now have bad roads, poor education sector, health facilities are in quagmire. You will continue to see sign of a failed state in the country”.

“Look at the issue of NLC and minimum wage. Has the federal government implemented it since March that it was signed? Security is not about security vote. It is about addressing injustices in the country. There is injustice in virtually all the sectors of the nation. Insecurity in Nigeria is a sign of people’s anger against the state”, he fumed.

“It is the venom of the people against bad governance. There is extrajudicial killing, fresh graduate without jobs, yet they take their wards abroad to private universities and abroad since they know that they have not done anything that will make the public universities work. ASUU should not be blamed for the strike.

I am not employed to strike but my time is wasted when I do not have the necessary tools to work with, when the environment is not conducive for my work.

After this warning strike, the national executive of ASUU would reconvene and it may be decided there that we should go on a full blown strike if nothing is done, he warned.