Fresh strike may be in the offing
across Nigeria Universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
holds its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting this week.
The NEC, which is the highest
decision making body of the union, is to review Federal government’s
implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) it signed with the union
before it suspended its strike a few months ago.
Both government and ASUU had
agreed to an MoA which stipulated that the federal government would have
implemented its agreed contents latest by October, 2017.
The federal government according
to investigation, however, was yet to implement issuance of license for the
registration of Nigerian University Pension Company (NUPEMCO) which it promised
to do within two weeks of strike suspension.
The FG is also defaulting in
payment of ‘Earned Academic Allowances and revatilisation funds’ for public
universities.
Some lecturers at the University
of Ibadan, who spoke with journalists on the condition of anormnity at the
weekend noted that it was unfortunate that the government had not paid as
promised by end of October.
They said they had asked their
leadership not to suspend the strike until the government paid the money as
promised but didn’t heed their advice.
Based on the tension generated on
campuses, ASUU President Professor Biodun Ogunyemi sent a mail to all the
members to douse the tension over the payment of earned academic allowances
“Dear Comrades, the leadership of
the union is aware of the palpable tensions on our campuses over the delay in
the payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA).
“It is therefore not a surprise
that for the past three days, a circular dated 24 October, 2017 related to EAA
is already trending on some social media network/platforms. The leadership of
the union can say categorically that the gaps/Omissions in the said circular
were addressed at a meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education last
weekend. We have gone far on the matter and there should be results in a matter
of days. Thank you”, he wrote.
It was gathered that the
Federal Government audit teams have visited campuses and concluded the auditing
of staff as agreed but was yet to pay the 23billion Naira promised by the end
of October as payment for the 2009/2010 Earned Academic Allowances of lecturers
in public universities in Nigeria.
It was also gathered that the NEC
of the union will review the implementation of the Memorandum of Action and
jointly take a decision on it.
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