FG, ASUU To Resume Negotiations To End Nationwide Strike
According to news reports
today, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to go
back to negotiating with the federal government in order to end the ongoing
nationwide strike.
The Academic Staff Union of
Universities had gone on an indefinite strike to protest the nonpayment of
salaries and the order in which the enrolment of its members into the
Integrated Payroll and Personnel and Information System was done.
The strike was followed by
the nationwide lockdown that was declared in order to curb the spread of the
virus, which had also led to closing of schools nationwide.
However, there have been
new developments over the weekend which indicated that the Union and the
Federal government is set to go back to the negotiation table to end the almost
5-months old ASUU strike.
The President of the union,
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told THISDAY that the union had met with the
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in order to help facilitate the
return to the negotiation table with the Federal Government on the grievances
of lecturers.
The union president also
mentioned that its alternative payment platform, which is the University
Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) is ready for validation and
verification by the agencies of the FG.
The Minister of Labour had
also earlier revealed that he is set to invite the union back to the table to
start the negotiations again.
Although the president of
ASUU, Ogunyemi revealed that the union was ready to resume the negotiations,
but an invitation had not been extended to the union.
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