FG, ASUU Meet Over Strike Notice

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FG, ASUU Meet Over Strike Notice
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Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, will today meet with officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other relevant stakeholders over the 21-day strike notice issued by the lecturers.

The strike notice was issued at the end of ASUU’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the University of Ibadan.

It accused the government of failing to release revitalisation fund to public universities; pay outstanding earned academic allowances; release of withheld salaries and promotion arrears, stop third-party deductions of members salaries, and remove universities from IPPIS payment portal, among others.

The last strike embarked upon by ASUU during former President Muhammadu Buhari lasted for over eight months.

The education minister told journalists at a press conference to mark one year in office, that letters of invitation for the meeting have been sent to ASUU officials and other stakeholders.

“Most of the issues raised by ASUU are being attended to. For instance, the issue of exit from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) has since been resolved by the president. Bureaucracy is the reason for the delay in the implementation of that directive, but by the time we meet on Monday, some of these issues will be discussed and resolved,” he said

While noting that the president is committed to academic stability in schools, Mamman said he would not hold back any support to end the disruption of academic activities in tertiary institutions in the country.

According to him, the President Bola Tinubu has made a commitment to provide permanent solution to the issues in contention.

The minister appealed to ASUU to be considerate and open-minded in its approach so that the interests of all parties would be properly captured during the meeting.

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