NOUN staff open to join ASUU.
Members of the forum generally resolved to join the national body without further delay.
Members of the forum generally resolved to join the national body without further delay.
ASUU suspended its 9-month old strike on December 23, 2020, after the federal government met their demands, including paying the lecturers their outstanding salaries using an older payment platform, GIFMIS, different from the controversial IPPIS.
The lecturers had embarked on strike in March 2020 over government’s refusal to honour the agreement reached with ASUU in 2009 that revolves around university revitalisation, improved funding and infrastructure development.
Lukman said that the frequent ASUU strikes would destruct Nigerian’s education system if not well handled.
The PGF DG added that protests and strikes should however, be the last resort.
Stakeholders have, however, lamented that the strike came at a huge a cost to the nation. Former vice chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Otta; Prof. Adebayo Adeyemi; Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju of the University of Lagos, and Dr. John Nwobodo, a lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Renaissance University, Enugu, described the strike action as ill-timed and a setback for the sector.
The union announced the suspension of the 9-month old industrial action at a press conference held Wednesday morning in Abuja.
Maigoro said the minister was quoted in some sections of the media that government has fulfilled its part of the agreement reached to enable the union to call off the industrial action
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches are divided over whether to accept the Federal Government’s offer and call off their eight-month-old strike.
According to the member, if the union wants to suspend the strike, it will be via a press conference and not via Twitter.
This was part of a statement signed by the Lagos Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Prof. Olusoji Sowande and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.
The usual meeting days had been Mondays and Wednesdays, so we expected a change, and we got it.
Ngige said all vice-chancellors are to submit details of the EAA/EA to the National Universities Commission (NUC) on or before November 30.
He was reacting to a statement on Twitter purportedly credited to the union, calling off the strike.
The union said it will not end the strike until its demands on the Federal Government’s table are fully met, asking students and their parents to stop hoping that schools will resume soon
This is coming after the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Friday, expressed the hope that the agreement with the Union will be concluded next week.
President Buhari also directed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure that they obtain necessary approvals before embarking on fresh recruitment.
ASUU, had last week descended on the management and governing council of the institution, accusing the duo of incompetence in the running of the university among other allegations bordering on fraud.
ASUU members as employees lacked the right to dictate to the federal government on how to receive wages.
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