ASUU set to shut down public varsities, declares lecture-free day

The Academic staff union of Universities, ASUU is set to embark on another strike following failure of the Federal Government to keep to it’s promises

There are reports that the union and the FG, on October 18, reached an agreement on the N22.17 billion earned allowances and N30 billion revitalisation fund for public universities.

Apart from the earned allowance and revitalisation fund, another contending issue is a remuneration payment platform, as the union proposed the University Transparency, Accountability Solution, UTAS, while the FG insisted on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, as a payment platform for all federal workers.

ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke has decals Monday a lecture-free day in some branches to enable members have urgent meetings.

“We declared Monday a lecture-free day in some of our branches because we are going to be having meetings in those places.

“After the meeting, we are going to interact with the public and the students to tell them what is ongoing and what they should expect if the issues are not properly handled by the Federal Government, he said