FG offers ASUU cumulative sum of N65bn, exempts body from IPPIS
- There is a possibility of ASUU ending its near-a-year strike as the FG finally shifted ground
- After a 7-hour meeting on Friday, November 20, FG agreed to exempt ASUU from the IPPIS
- Additional N15 billion was also agreed to be paid as settlement of the lecturers' allowances
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The federal government has agreed to provide an additional sum of N15 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This means a cumulative sum of N65 billion has been provided for the settlement of the lecturers' allowances and the revitalization of the university system.
During a 7-hour meeting on Friday, November 20, it was also agreed that ASUU will be exempted from the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS) which has been generating hiccups against the end of the strike action.
Legit.ng notes that this is coming weeks after the federal government insisted that the lecturers' body could not determine how it should be paid to its employers.
Reading the communique at the end of negotiations, minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige disclosed that the federal government shifted ground on some demands of ASUU.
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The minister also stated that the salary arrears of the body's members from February to June 2020 will be paid using the old salary payment platform, GIFIMS.
However, the parley between the government and ASUU has been adjourned till Friday next week for the stakeholders to further concretize the resolutions.
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In a related development, ASUU stated that the federal government was frustrating the union, hence the reason for the ongoing strike.
Speaking on Friday, October 30, on Channels TV, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, the national president of the union, stated that the federal government has not maintained a sincere position in consenting the demands of the union.
Ogunyemi further explained that ASUU has tabled five demands to the federal government which have not been fully entertained.
He emphasised that "necessary steps" have not been taken especially concerning the adoption of its preferred home-grown University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) which is one of its demands.
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