ASUU: Why strike has not been called off – President

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has pointed out why it has not called off it’s nationwide strike.

ASUU blamed it’s refusal to call of the over five months strike on the Federal Government.

Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President accused federal government of frustrating efforts to resolve issues that resulted in the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the lecturers.

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Ogunyemi claimed that the Federal Government has refused to take the necessary steps in addressing the strike action.

He said, “The strike is still on as a result of the FG not taking the necessary steps. We gave them two weeks to address our five points demands.

“We engaged the government but they were not forthcoming. They had a whole year to address those issues. They gave us positions that were not acceptable to our members.

“During our first meeting, we thought they were almost resolving the issues.

“What compounded the problem is the issue of IPPIS. We have said that it is a distraction. There is no university in the world that IPPIS is being used.

“We have done three presentations of UTAS to the Minister of Education and his team, the leadership of Senate and Office of the Accountant-General. They only agreed that UTAS is accepted in principles.

“We are almost getting UTAS approved but govt is saying that our members should first migrate to IPPIS before returning to UTAS. That makes no economic sense. The government has made it difficult for smooth negotiation. They said our members will be paid when they move to IPPIS.”