ASUU TO HOST NEC MEETING TOMORROW TO DECIDE THE FATE OF STRIKE

The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will host it's gathering on Sunday in Abuja to determine the fate of the four months warning strike which will be ending on Monday 14th. (recall I mean the warning strike).

In a dialogue of the National president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke in a chat with Sunday Vanguard on Saturday, he said that it's the NEC that will determine the next line of action as concerned to the ongoing strike.

This he stated while answering question on the next line of action of the union as it's warning strike will soon be over.

"I cannot decide on our next line of action because it's the NEC that will decide on what next to do concerning the strike and we are having our meeting on Sunday. We are an organized Union and the next line of action will be determined by majority rule (i.e, on what the majority of the union decides). Whatever the meeting decides will be let known to you all, thank you," he said. 

However, it was agreed that the meeting will be hosted in Abuja, unlike the former one that took place at Lagos. 

Recall that at the last meeting held at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the union decided to go on a month warning strike to remember its demands from the government.

Since the commencement of the strike, nothing tangible has been made on the meeting held by the union with the Federal government team, rather things gets worst as days goes by.

Only few days ago, the federal government said the University Transparency and Accountability System, UTAS, developed by ASUU as a replacement for government’s Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, as the payment platform for the university system, failed integrity test.

Additional, Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour few days ago, called on the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to call ASUU to order.

The issue of sufficient funding of education, payment of Earned Academic Allowance among others are still pending