The Ministry of Schooling has stated it’s working to stop one other strike by the Educational Workers Union of Universities.
The Director of Press within the ministry, Folasade Biriowo, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday.
“I can guarantee you that all the pieces is being completed to stop the strike from occurring. The minister has groups working already so I may give you that assurance,” Birjowo stated.
ASUU had final week given the Federal Authorities a 14-day ultimatum to resolve a number of lingering points, failing which it might proceed on one other strike.
Amongst different issues, the varsity lecturers are in search of the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Settlement based mostly on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Settlement of 2021, in addition to the discharge of withheld salaries because of the 2022 strike motion.
Moreover, ASUU is demanding the discharge of unpaid salaries for workers on sabbatical, part-time, and adjunct appointments affected by the Built-in Payroll and Personnel Data System, and the cost of excellent third-party deductions similar to check-off dues and cooperative contributions.
The union can also be in search of funding for the revitalisation of public universities, partly captured within the 2023 Federal Authorities Funds, and the cost of Earned Educational Allowances partly captured within the 2023 Federal Authorities Funds.
Different points embrace the proliferation of universities by Federal and State Governments, implementation of the studies of visitation panels to universities, reversal of the unlawful dissolution of Governing Councils, and the adoption of the College Transparency and Accountability Resolution as a replacements by the for IPPIS.
ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke in an announcement issued final Wednesday, expressed frustration with the federal government’s lack of dedication and delay techniques, stating that these actions had been fuelling a disaster within the public college system.
“In view of the foregoing, ASUU resolves to offer the Nigerian Authorities one other 14 days, along with the sooner 21 days, starting from Monday, twenty third September 2024 throughout which all of the lingering points should have been concretely addressed to the satisfaction of the membership of the union. The union shouldn’t be held liable for any industrial disharmony that arises from authorities’s failure to grab the brand new alternative,” Osodeke stated.
