The Federal Government on Wednesday said the ongoing strike
by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon be called off.
This was as it said there are no plans to establish an
alternative payment table for all the labour unions in tertiary institutions.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed
this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal
Executive Council meeting presided over by the President Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Council Chambers of the presidential villa,
Abuja.
Despite four months into the strike already, Ngige assured Nigerians that efforts were underway to resolve the ongoing dispute largely fueled by payment platforms.
ASUU, which grounded academic activities in Nigerian
universities since February 14, 2022, had insisted on the use of its own
generated payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability
Solution.
It premised its demand on claims that the government-backed
Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System was shortchanging its
members.
However, the Federal Government, last March claimed that
UTAS was unfit for wide-scale use as it failed three integrity tests.
Aside from UTAS, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational
Institutions also proposed their payment platform: Universities Peculiar
Personnel Payroll System.
Ngige argued that the Federal Government was indeed engaging
with ASUU, despite notions that it has been snubbing the union.
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