Strike menace: NANS urges FG to satisfy ASUU calls for

The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students has referred to as on the Federal Authorities to satisfy with the management of the Educational Workers Union of Universities concerning the latest strike menace.

The coed physique famous {that a} strike was not advisable at this time limit.

NANS Senate President, Akinteye Babatunde made this identified in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja following a contemporary 14-day ultimatum issued by ASUU on Wednesday over failed negotiations with the Federal Authorities.

“We’re asking the Federal Authorities to satisfy with ASUU and focus on with them as a result of ASUU strike at this time limit shouldn’t be advisable,” Akinteye mentioned.

ASUU gave the Federal Authorities a 14-day ultimatum to resolve a number of lingering points. ASUU is in search of the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Settlement based mostly on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Settlement of 2021, in addition to the discharge of withheld salaries as a result of 2022 strike motion.

Moreover, ASUU is demanding the discharge of unpaid salaries for workers on sabbatical, part-time, and adjunct appointments affected by the Built-in Payroll and Personnel Data System, and the fee of excellent third-party deductions equivalent to check-off dues and cooperative contributions.

The union can be in search of funding for the revitalisation of public universities, partly captured within the 2023 Federal Authorities Finances, and the fee of Earned Educational Allowances partly captured within the 2023 Federal Authorities Finances.

Different points embrace the proliferation of universities by federal and state governments, the implementation of the reviews of visitation panels to universities, the reversal of the unlawful dissolution of Governing Councils, and the adoption of the College Transparency and Accountability Answer as a substitute for IPPIS.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a press release issued on Wednesday, expressed frustration with the federal government’s lack of dedication and delay ways, stating that these actions have been fuelling a disaster within the public college system.

The union mentioned it had consulted with numerous stakeholders and was calling on well-meaning Nigerians to induce the federal government to deal with these points.

“In view of the foregoing, ASUU resolves to present the Nigerian Authorities one other 14 days, along with the sooner 21 days, starting from Monday, twenty third September 2024 throughout which all of the lingering points should have been concretely addressed to the satisfaction of the membership of the union.

“The union shouldn’t be held answerable for any industrial disharmony that arises from the federal government’s failure to grab the brand new alternative supplied by ASUU to nip the looming disaster within the bud,” ASUU mentioned.