ASUU Declares Two – Week Warning Strike Against Non payment Of Salaries

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has declared a two-week warning strike against non-payment of salaries of lecturers not enrolled into the Federal Government Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.

ASUU also disclosed that the warning strike would take effect from today, March 9.

The President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, who briefed journalists after the National Executive Committee meeting in Enugu on Monday, explained that the issues include: the alleged imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Poor funding and proliferation of State universities.

He added that the re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement, non-remittance of third party deduction of salaries of members and non-payment of February 2020 salaries amongst others., also dominated issues raised at the NEC meeting.

The ASUU president also called on the Federal Government to rejig the security architecture to address daunting challenges in the country, infrastructural decay inadequate power supply amongst other issues.