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ASUU Reacts To Report Of Strike Suspension

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November 19, 2020

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By Ella Makondo

Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) has described a trending statement announcing the suspension of its ongoing strike as fake .

A statement with the signature of the ASUU President , Prof Biodun Ogunyemi without a letterhead which has gone viral had announced the suspension of the over seven months strike embarked by ASUU.

The statement titled “Notice of suspension of ASUU indefinite strike action of all member universities across Nigeria” was dated 18th November 2020.

The purported statement said the suspension of the strike followed a meeting between the federal government and ASUU on Monday and urged all universities to resume on Monday , 23rd November, 2020.

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But ASUU via its official Twitter handle marked the statement as fake and insisted that government has not met its demands, noting that the resolution of the eight-month strike was not in sight.

In a series of tweets made on Wednesday, the union revealed that it will resume negotiations with the Federal Government on Friday.

GWG gathered some of the Tweets

FAKE❌❌#ASUU #asuustrike #ASUUandFG #FakeNews pic.twitter.com/MfOOFYA2z6
— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

The Federal Government has said it will resume meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment disclosed this on Wednesday night.

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

The parley is expected to address various pending issues, including the contentious payment platform preferred by the union.
— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

Recalled that ASUU had opposed the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System used in settling workers’ salaries by the FG and instead, developed the University Transparency and Accountability……..

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

Solution which is currently undergoing test-run by the National Information Technology Development Agency. The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union had also proposed the University General and……

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System in place of the IPPIS. Their action followed the complaints against the IPPIS which allegedly caused salary delays and shortchanged the university workers.

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

The Ministry of Labour and Employment spokesman, Charles Akpan, disclosed in a text message on Wednesday that the dialogue with the ASUU leaders would hold at the minister’s conference hall.

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

The government said it had agreed to pay N30 billion Earned Academic Allowance, N20b for the revitalization of the education sector and the arrears of salaries to the university teachers, adding that the only outstanding issue was the disagreement over the payment platform.

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

But ASUU insisted that the government has not met its demands, noting that the resolution of the eight-month strike was not in sight.

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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 18, 2020

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ASUU Reacts To Report Of Strike Suspension

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