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ASUU Agreed To Call Off Strike December 9– Ngige

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Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of going back on its words to end the nine-month strike on or before December 9.

Ngige spoke on Tuesday in reaction to the claim by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union.

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Ogunyemi had blamed the FG for the union’s failure to call off the strike, noting that the lecturers would not return to classes until their salary arrears were paid.

The Minister however, maintained that the Federal Government had delivered on offers made to ASUU

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In a statement from his media office on Tuesday, titled, ‘We have kept our promises to ASUU – FG,’ Ngige revealed that ASUU agreed at their last meeting with the government team on November 27 to call off their nine-month-old strike before December 9.

“The truth of the matter is that a ‘gentleman agreement’ was reached at the last meeting in which ASUU agreed to call off the strike before December 9, 2020, and the minister, in turn, agreed that once the strike is called off, he would get a presidential waiver for ASUU to be paid the remainder of their salaries on or before December 9,” Ngige stated.

He said it was false and discomfiting for ASUU to wrongly inform the public that the government agreed to pay all withheld salaries before it would resume work, stressing that the timelines attached to the various offers made to the union had been complied with.

The statement read in part: “The N40b Earned Academic Allowances have also been processed just as the N30bn revitalisation funds, bringing it to N70bn. Likewise, the visitation panels for the universities have been approved by the President but the panel cannot perform its responsibilities until the shut universities are re-opened.

“The gazetting is also being rounded off at the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation while the Ministry of Education is ready to inaugurate the various visitation panels.”

Ngige pointed out that “they were paid for February and March, after which it was extended to April, May and June, months they were on strike on compassionate ground, bringing it to five months.

“Asking the government to pay these four months before it goes back to work means ASUU is placing itself above the law of the land and no government will encourage it as it is a recipe for chaos in the labour milieu.”

 

Tags: Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)Dr. Chris NgigeMinister of Labour and EmploymentNigerian Education SystemNigerian UniversitiesPresident of the Academic Staff Union of UniversitiesProf. Biodun Ogunyemiyouth unemployment
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