By Seun Opejobi The Federal Government says it has met almost 80 percent of the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities,...
By Seun Opejobi
The Federal Government says it has met almost 80 percent of
the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
It disclosed this while describing the decision of ASUU to
extend the six-month-old strike as unreasonable.
DAILY POST had reported that the academic union extended the
lingering strike indefinitely.
Reacting, the Director of Press and Public Relations, in the
Federal Ministry of Education, Bem Goong, stressed that the Federal Government
had deployed all measures to end the strike.
He said: “If you bring some demands and almost 80% have been
attended to, there is no need to drag the strike anymore.
“It is unreasonable for the strike to be lingering since the
government has worked towards fulfilling most of the demands.
“As regards the next steps, the government has already
inaugurated a committee to harmonize the Integrated Payroll and Personnel
Information System, IPPIS, University Transparency and Accountability Solution,
UTAS and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System, IPPS.”
ASUU has been on strike since February 2022 over the
government’s inability to meet a 2009 agreement.
The union has been at loggerheads with the government over
the mode of payment.
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