In view of the plan by the Academic Staff Union of Universities that it would soon embark on a fresh strike over the non payment of the agreed N22.1 billion earned allowance, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, House of Representatives, has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu; and the ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, to an emergency meeting on Thursday, November 18.
The academic staff union had given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum over the failure by the latter to implement the agreement reached with the union.
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, was quoted as saying that the union failed to submit a breakdown of the workers entitled to the N22.1billion earned allowances.
Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President, during a press briefing at the University of Abuja that the Federal Government failed to honour the agreement it signed with the union.
The strike embarked upon in March 2020 by ASUU over the ineffectiveness and discrepancies around the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and others, was called off nine months after, in December 2020.
Recall that ASUU had developed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution to replace the IPPIS and held series of meetings with the ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment, and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
The ASUU proposal was approved, but has yet to be implemented.
The union has, however, said that unless the Federal Government honours the signed agreement, it would embark on a fresh strike.
