The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing.
This is contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting.
The meeting was held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, to review the level of government’s implementation of the Federal government Academic Staff Union of Universities Memorandum of Action of December twenty-third, 2020 and other related matters.
In the press statement titled, ‘Enough of blackmail’, signed by Academic Staff Union of Universities President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the lecturers regretted that the Federal Government had turned its back on the plan to set up an inter-ministerial committee to review the draft Renegotiated 2009 Federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities agreement.
Earlier, Academic Staff Union of Universities had announced plans to embark on a strike over the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands.
Apart from the Earned Academic Allowances, Academic Staff Union of Universities said its demands included the review of the National Universities Commission Act to curb the proliferation of universities by State governments who are not funding the existing ones; adoption of the University Transparency Accountability Solutions with concurrent discontinuance of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and distortion in salary payment.
Others are the release of accumulated promotion arrears; and the review and signing of the draft document on the Renegotiation of 2009 Academic Staff Union of Universities and Federal government agreement.
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