The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will continue its 2-week warning strike action as the government has failed to address and attend to its needs.
A delegation of the federal government and section of the union’s leadership met on Tuesday after which the union’s president said that the strike action will continue as there has been no positive response from the government.
The union’s president said “The meeting was longer than anticipated because we had to look at all the issues that were in our 2019 Memorandum of Actions, especially those who had not been fully addressed. We made new proposal on behalf of FG to ASUU.
“These issues range from funding, revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, salary shortfalls in Federal University of Akure and the issue of state universities.
“We also addressed payment of earned academic allowances to University of Ilorin.
“On the Nigerian University Pension Commission, certificate was issued last year but operational certificate had not been issued because we do not have a permanent PENCOM board in place.
“We have made proposal on how NUPENCO board will be able to fulfill its obligation especially in terms of preparation of annual audit reports.
“Issue of visitation panel to the universities has been on the table since last year. Government side made progress in that approval has been gotten and we are waiting for the gazette of the membership of the visitation panel.
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“Issue of IPPIS was also discussed and options and solutions were advanced. Government has a proposal which had been given to ASUU. We will take these issues that are outstanding back to its National Executive Council for them to be on the same page before they get back to government.
“We have agreed that tentative date to get back to government is before the weekend runs out. We expect the union to write government before then to see if there will be need for further meeting.”
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