Strike: Again, FG, ASUU Fail To Reach Agreement As Govt Makes New Proposal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2020
The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU did not reach an agreement over the ongoing two-week warning strike embarked on by the union.
The meeting, which lasted till late night, was thesecond as the two parties seek to resolve issues raised by ASUU.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Employment,Chris Ngige, stated that the Federal Government had tabled a new proposalregarding the impasse over the Integrated Payroll Personal Information SystemIPPIS enrollment for members of the union.
Ngige said that the issues under considerationranged from funding, revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowancesto salaries shortfalls.
The two-week warning strike, which the uniondeclared, will elapse on Monday next week.
ASUU declared the strike mainly to protest thenon-payment of salaries of their members who failed to enroll into the federalgovernment’s IPPIS.