Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged stakeholders to
stave off another long strike by intervening in the refusal of the
Federal to honour its agreement with the union.
The leadership of the Ibadan zone of the union, led by its zonal
coordinator, Professor Oyebamiji Oyegoke, said this at a press
conference in Ilorin.
The
press interaction, which was on the sideline of the celebration of the
Human Rights Day on the 10th of December, was used to press home full
implementation of the 2020 MoA agreement comprising; “Funding for
Revitalization of Public Universities; Payment of Earned Academic
Allowances; Withheld Salaries and Promotion Arrears; Renegotiation of
the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement; Inconsistencies in IPPIS Payment and
University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
Professor Oyegoke explained that “Our baseline is a full
implementation of 2020 MOA agreement freely signed between the federal
government and the union. This calls for a lot of concern. There’s no
commitment to an agreement entered into.
Government is not sensitive to
the welfare of workers. That’s why we’re using these channels to
sensitize people so that they don’t see us as using the strike as the
only tool of fighting for our demands.
“While we commend
interventions of notable Nigerians in the matter, however, it should be
stated here that it is about actions and not deliberations. These are
not new demands. Some of our members have not been paid a salary since
December last year and they’re still working. It shows commitment on our
part�, he said.
