According to a report by The PUNCH, the Academic
Staff Union of Universities which has been striking
for months has agreed to call of the strike .
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ASUU has been on strike for eight months and this
has grounded academic activities in the public
universities since March .
The union leadership reached the consensus during
a meeting with the government team led by the
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige,
in Abuja, on Friday .
The government also pledged to pay N 40 billion as
the Earned Allowance and N30 bn for the
revitalisation of the university system bringing the
total payment to N70 billion .
The FG further agreed to settle the arrears of
salaries of the lecturers before December 31.
This is happening one week after the Federal
Government accepted the demand by the ASUU that
they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and
Personnel Information System pending the approval
of their proposed payment system, the University
Transparency and Accountability Solution .
ASUU is expected to report the agreement to its
organs and then communicate their decision to the
government after which a date for the calling off of
the strike would be announced .
A source informed our correspondent that ASUU
insisted that the agreement should not be
announced until it has been approved by its
members.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting , Ngige
said the parley was fruitful, adding that the
government made a proposal to ASUU which it
would take back to its members .
He said , “ Many issues were discussed at the
meeting including salary shortfall , the payment
system and revitalisation of the university system . I
am positive that all the issues would be resolved at
our next meeting . ”
The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi , simply
said everything Ngige said was correct and declined
further comment.
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