The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said on Tuesday, September 29, on Channels TV that the ASUU strike would be suspended soon as a meeting would be convened between FG and the representatives of ASUU in order to end the strike.
Recall that ASUU started the strike in March 2020, following the government’s insistence that its members must be enrolled in IPPIS. ASUU rejected IPPIS, insisting that it violates university autonomy and proposed the UTAS as an alternative.
Then, ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi insisted that there was nowhere in the world where IPPIS is being implemented that universities are put under the civil service.
However, yesterday the minister said:
“The issue of ASUU will soon come to an end. Two reasons – ASUU have called the federal government, represented by finance and the accountant-general office and their direct employers, the ministry of education to come for the test.
“We are ready to do that. After the Independence Day celebration, the four ministries and agencies involved will gather together with ASUU. We will look at the UTAS. If there are shortcomings with IPPIS as complained which UTAS have corrected. What’s wrong about it? It is software, we will look at it.”
“Secondly, ASUU members have been collecting their money since COVID-19 came and I wrote a memo to Mr President that ASUU members are still Nigerians. Even the members, have families that they care for. By upper week, we are going to arrange for this demonstration.”
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