ASUU debunk news to call off strike after meeting with FG

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has debunked a news report that it agreed to call off the ongoing strike after meeting with the Government negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday.



The Federal Government at the meeting at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Labour and Employment reportedly increased its offer for Earned Allowances EA to university based unions and funding for the revitalization of public universities from N65 billion to N70 billion.

There was news report that ASUU has given an indication that the meeting, the strike which started since March would soon be called off after a meeting with the leadership of union and its organs.


According to the report, the university teachers agreed to call off the strike after the government pledged to pay N40 billion for Earned Allowances and N30 billion for the revitalization of the university system bringing the total payment to N70 billion.

It was further reported that the Government agreed to settle the arrears of salaries of the lecturers before December 31.

The report also noted that ASUU was 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.

It quoted a source within the university union, that ASUU insisted that the agreement to call off the strike should not be announced until it has been approved by its members.

But ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has denied knowledge of any agreement to call off the strike, stressing that at the meeting, it was only agreed that union should convey Government message to their organs and get back to Government.

Prof. Ogunyemi, said : ” I am not aware of that. All I know is that we had a meeting and we are going to report to our members. But I don’t know about suspension of strike.”

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However, a source in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said that after the meeting, the Minister, Senator Ngige, who described the meeting as “fruitful,” added that the government made a proposal to ASUU which it would take back to its members.

Ngige told reporters after the meeting that, “Many issues were discussed at the meeting including salary shortfall, the payment system and revitalization of the university system. I am positive that all the issues would be resolved at our next meeting.”

Friday’s meeting was about the seventh time both sides have met to resolve the issues in contention since the university union embarked on strike on March 23.

After the meeting of last Friday before we started hearing that ASUU debunk news to call off strike after meeting with FG ,November 20, Government agreed to exempt ASUU members who had not enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and put them on the Government Integrated Financial and Management Information System (GIFMIS) pending when ASUU’S preferred payment platform- the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) will be approved.

ASUU had consistently rejected IPPIS, stressing that it will erode the autonomy of the university system.

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Lalasticlala

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/no-agreement-yet-to-suspend-strike-%e2%80%95-ASUU/

I said it! This govt likes propaganda and our press people are very lazy. I still don't understand why Punch rush to publish a fake news just to be the first to say something about the aftermath of ASUU's meeting with FG. The other lazy media outlets simply copied the nonesense without verification.

Dear Nigerian students, until you take to the streets about this strike, FG will continue to be dribbling ASUU and frustrating your future because they care less about education in this country. Very sad

All these ASUU threads MOD close them

Different sources.. different interpretations... Same stories..

Abeg

Olude193:
All these ASUU threads MOD close them

Different sources.. different interpretations... Same stories..

Abeg

poor journalism system in Nigeria

inteli:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/no-agreement-yet-to-suspend-strike-%e2%80%95-ASUU/

I said it! This govt likes propaganda and our press people are very lazy. I still don't understand why Punch rush to publish a fake news just to be the first to say something about the aftermath of ASUU's meeting with FG. The other lazy media outlets simply copied the nonesense without verification.

Dear Nigerian students, until you take to the streets about this strike, FG will continue to be dribbling ASUU and frustrating your future because they care less about education in this country. Very sad

Emergency congresses will be held again at various schools and responses collated...

That's how it's been done.

All these lazy reporters should have known that's how the circle rolls.. always reporting false news in different English


Punch newspaper had since lost its relevance

This Guys are just too comfortable...

joxxy01:
This Guys are just too comfortable...

why won't they be?

they still get paid after all this, their salaries and the agreed fee.

it's the students that lose a year, a year in academic calendar, in age limit for employment and in NYSC age restrictions.

students lose 3 ways...yet there are still students wanting the strike to extend till next year.

it's so unfortunate.

TopeQs:


why won't they be?

they still get paid after all this, their salaries and the agreed fee.

it's the students that lose a year, a year in academic calendar, in age limit for employment and in NYSC age restrictions.

students lose 3 ways...yet there are still students wanting the strike to extend till next year.

it's so unfortunate.

very unfortunate my brother

This is becoming serious and the students are not doing anything.


Indeed, there was a country!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/why-ASUU-agreed-to-call-off-strike-investigation/amp/

same vanguard. nja news na scam

:All these ASUU threads MOD close themDifferent sources.. different interpretations... Same stories.. Abegpoor journalism system in Nigeria

I think d mods should jus ignore anything ASUU post for now till dt matter is trashed n dusted bcoz diff sources keeps making nairaland looks like its peddling fake news...

inteli:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/no-agreement-yet-to-suspend-strike-%e2%80%95-ASUU/

I said it! [b]This govt likes propaganda and our press people are very lazy. I still don't understand why Punch rush to publish a fake news [/b]just to be the first to say something about the aftermath of ASUU's meeting with FG. The other lazy media outlets simply copied the nonesense without verification.

Dear Nigerian students, until you take to the streets about this strike, FG will continue to be dribbling ASUU and frustrating your future because they care less about education in this country. Very sad

It was not fake news because FG was quoted and they didn't deny it. It was this lying government giving fake news to newsmen. The only mistake Punch made was that they didn't get ASUU's side of the story before publishing.