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ASUU calls on NASS to amend NUC Act to deal with poor funding of state universities

ASUU calls on NASS to amend NUC Act to deal with poor funding of state universities
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After months of negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who had embarked on a 9-month strike, the Nigerian Government recently reached an agreement with the union, hence ending the strike.
ASUU embarked on the strike action in March 2020, following its disagreement with the Federal Government over the funding of the universities and implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), which according to the union, negates the autonomy policy for the universities.
President of ASUU, Prof Ogunyemi, blamed these for the alleged irregularities in the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers, with some lecturers receiving very poor remuneration in some cases. ....

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FG/ASUU faceoff: When education loses priority


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THE year 2020 will go down in history as recording one of the longest of all strike actions embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria. ASUU had commenced the strike on March 9, 2020 which was suspended on December 23, 2020.
Accordingly, the strike is likely to be resumed in 2021 going by the trust issues between the Federal Government mediation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the representatives of ASUU led by its president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, on some contending issues.
Several meetings were held by both parties coupled with the interventions of President Muhammadu Buhari at a point and the National Assembly, yet it appears there is no permanent end in sight in what Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s legendary president, would describe as “pernicious British-style trade union practices”. ....

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