Samuel Ebikinmi, Abuja
Striking University lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union òf Universities have extended its lingering industrial action by three months.
The National Executive of ASUU under the leadership of the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, announced the decision after an emergency meeting in Abuja on Monday.
In attendance at the emergency meeting, which started on Sunday and ended in the early hours of Monday were top officials of the union and branch chairmen.
The decision has again dashed the hopes and expectations of hundreds of thousands of Nigerian students and their parents who are adversely affected by the unending face off between the Federal Government and the striking university lecturers.
Prof Osodeke accused the Federal Government of insincerity stressing that no meeting has taken place between the union and the government.
The emergency meeting, which had in attendance principal officers and branch chairmen, started on Sunday and ended early on Monday morning.
ASUU had declared a warning strike on February 14, 2022 and suspended academic activities in public universities.
The union extended the warning strike by two months in March 14, 2022 to call Government’s attention to its demands.
The lecturers’ body has been engaging the FG on issues such as Earned Academic Allowances, promotion arrears, the sudden introduction of Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system, and observed inconsistencies emanating from its implementation, renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the funding for revitalisation of public universities among others.
ASUU wants the IPPIS to be replaced with its own University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
