Nigerian public universities would shut doors to academic activities for more 12 weeks, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared at the end of its warning strike.
The decision was taken at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) held at ASUU Secretariat in Abuja on Monday.
The emergency meeting, which had in attendance principal officers and branch chairmen, started on Sunday and ended early Monday morning.
The two-month rollover strike declared on March 14, 2022 by ASUU ended Monday, May 9, thus NEC felt the need to extend it by 12 weeks after initial agitation for indefinite strike because of failure to address the issues in contention.
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During the last meeting with government negotiation team led by Prof. Nimi Briggs, ASUU officials staged a walk out, though there is indication that both parties would meet next week.
ASUU’s demands include the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed with government in December 2020 on funding for revitalisation of public universities (both federal and states), renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ ASUU Agreement and the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
Other outstanding issues are earned academic allowances; state universities, promotion arrears, withheld salaries, non-remittance of third-party deductions and rejection of UTAS that ASUU technical team developed to replace the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
