The federal government has invited the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) to an urgent meeting.
Bem Goong, Director Press and Public Relations, Federal
Ministry of Education, announced the parley in a statement on Monday.
Goong said the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu will chair
the meeting on the union’s “threat to embark on another round of strike”
“The emergency meeting is to hold tomorrow, the 6th of April
2021 at 11:00 am in the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja”, it read.
ASUU had called off a nine-month-old strike in January 2020.
In March, the body accused the government of refusal to implement some
agreements reached with it.
The union accused authorities of breaching a “no
victimisation clause” deal reached during the dialogue that led to the
suspension of its industrial action.
Chairman, University of Ibadan – ASUU, Professor Ayo
Akinwole, said the Accountant-General of the Federation was yet to pay two to
ten-month salaries.
ASUU further accused the Buhari administration of deducting
housing funds from ASUU members who did not subscribe to the scheme “and
refused to refund same to respective accounts.”
The parties still have a running battle over the Integrated
Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), among others.
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