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The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has condemned the decision of the Nigerian government to sue striking university lecturers.    The group described the move by the government to drag the striking university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria as a ploy to criminalise a legitimate struggle.   

A group, Education Right Campaign (ERC) has cried out for justice for one of its former coordinators, Comrade Nurudeen Alowonle, aka Omomeewa, one year after he was brutally murdered near Lagos State University gate.   SaharaReporters in August 2021 reported that some attackers shot the activist dead a few hours after he faced the LASU disciplinary panel for alleged admission racketeering and possession of official documents.  

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for five months over the failure of the Nigerian government to honour an agreement on issues bordering on funding universities, as well as salaries and allowances of lecturers.

This was contained in a press statement by ERC’s Deputy National Coordinator, Ogunjimi Isaac Ayobami, and ERC National Secretary, Michael Lenin, on Saturday.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has developed a charter of demands it will present to political office-seekers for the 2023 general elections.