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March 12, 2020
The Federal Government says the two weeks warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU is illegal.
The Minister of Labour andEmployment, Chris Ngige announced this while briefing State Housecorrespondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC. He saidworkers cannot dictate to employers.
He added that contrary to the InternationalLabour Organization, ILO Convention, ASUU failed to give the needed notice tothe government before embarking on strike.
Ngige explained that the bone ofcontention is the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS whichthe Federal Government introduced in 2018 to check corruption as well as fishout ghost workers in the system.
The Minister added that ASUU agreedwith the government that leakages and corruption should be tackled but thepeculiarities of their profession prevents them from embracing IPPIS.He said it would amount to corruption for theUniversity lecturers not to teach the students but expect to be paid within theperiod they were on strike, adding that the government would invoke “no work,no pay” policy