By Aernan Lubem
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Monday announced its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following the ‘government’s unfaithfulness’ in implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoU) it signed with the union upon which the last strike action was suspended.
, who stated this after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the University of Abuja on the 13th and 14th November 2021, said governments should be held responsible if they fail to address the issues within three weeks.
The union lamented that despite its meeting with the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige on 14th October 2021, on the major outstanding issues including funding for revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) promotion arrears, renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, and the inconsistencies in IPPIS payment, the issues are still lingering.
Osodeke said ASUU is fully committed to upholding academic integrity in Nigeria universities and working to make them more globally competitive.
