Two weeks after suspending their nine-month-old strike, university teachers have accused the Federal Government of reneging on the agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The dons, in a statement, said the government was yet to pay their December salaries, while “illegal” deductions were still to be refunded.

In the release, the union said the government had “again failed to honour its agreement on payment of not only outstanding salaries of members ranging from five to eight months; Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and check off dues illegally deducted before December 31, 2020.”

The lecturers had embarked on strike in March 2020 over government’s refusal to honour the agreement reached with ASUU in 2009 that revolves around university revitalisation, improved funding and infrastructure development.

The body also protested against government’s introduction of an alternative payment platform, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), insisting the initiative was at variance with university autonomy and therefore directed members not to enrol on the platform.

The strike was conditionally suspended following the intervention of stakeholders and government’s directive to suspend implementation of the controversial IPPIS for lecturers.

But chairman, University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of ASUU, Dr Dele Ashiru, told The Guardian that successive administrations have always failed to honour agreements with the union.

He said the government made some promises before the protracted industrial action was suspended but regretted that the current administration had allegedly failed to its part of the bargain.

Ashiru said: “For instance, the government failed to pay members’ illegally deducted salaries before December 31, 2020, and as of January 3, we are yet to receive December 2020 salary. Government promised to refund our illegally deducted check-off dues before December 31, 2020, but that has not been done as we speak. They promised to credit the Earned Academic Allowances account before December 31 and that also has not been done.”

https://m.guardian.ng/News/Anxiety-as-FG-allegedly-fails-to-honour-pact-with-ASUU

It's well!

hmmm another challengee o! Anothher challengee o

The body also protested against government’s introduction of an alternative payment platform, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), insisting the initiative was at variance with university autonomy and therefore directed members not to enrol on the platform

This is 99% of the reasons these professors refused our children to go back to school.

What is wrong in doing the right thing in this country for Krissake?

Corruption and Paying Ghost workers salaries is a second nature to some corrupt souls.
It has become a norm!

There was a nation!!

Nonsense

ASUU should chill jare

Smh

Here we go again

I smell anoda strike

Una wan strike again ?

I honestly pity Nigerian university students. I knew how bored I was during that 2013 ASUU strike. It is a pity that the country is in this state. I hope the FG does the needful and end this protracted industrial action!

Abeg what is this ASUU demanding that FG can't give them

Mophasa:
ASUU should chill jare

No mind dem o.

Kraspo:
I honestly pity Nigerian university students. I knew how bored I was during that 2013 ASUU strike. It is a pity that the country is in this state. I hope the FG does the needful and end this protracted industrial action!

There was a time a sitting President and Vice president built themselves private universities.
At a time all Nigeria universities were on strike for nearly a year!
They damn everybody and didn't give a F!
The evil people took this country 100 years back,
Part of what we are still going through as a nation now.
There was a country!

Strike continues....

Lol so the struggle goes on

Evos are criminal

lol

How much is d money self
Buhari should borrow from Sudan and pay
Am tired of hearing ASUU this ASUU that

APC government is full of lies and deceit.

Scam FG

Monkey chop banana

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All of you blaming ASUU doesn’t it bother you that this government cannot and can never be trusted with the welfare of its citizens?
They are just good in telling lies and making bogus promises.

Again?

Where is NGIGE?

A government that's deeply rooted in deception. Simple agreement they can't keep to their own side of the bargain. May God help us in this country.

Iono but something is not right here

Na wa for FG ooo

FG should resolve all issues once and for all.
Before you know, strike will resume again.
ASUU and strike are 5/6