The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will today (Wednesday) address various issues on the pending court case with the Federal government at the Industrial Court.
Recall that the court had granted the government’s request by directing ASUU to suspend its strike while the main issue was being heard.
ASUU was not satisfied with the ruling and therefore take the matter before the Court of Appeal. But the appeal court directed the union to obey the ruling of the court before seeking an appeal.
Meanwhile, as ASUU has obeyed and suspended the strike on Friday, but it observed that its request have not been met satisfactorily.
It was gathered that by 6 p.m. today, ASUU Vice President Chris Piwuna will be on PREMIUM TIMES Twitter Space to answer questions as to whether the union will continue to go after the case before the court, and if the system risks another industrial action soon.
The demands by ASUU includes the release of the revitalisation fund, the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) as the preferred payment platform for lecturers, the conclusion and implementation of the renegotiated 2009 agreement, payment of earned academic allowances, the release of whitepapers from the report of the visitation panels and a stop to the proliferation of universities by government.
To meet the union’s demands, the government has budgeted N300 billion as a revitalisation fund for all tertiary institutions and N170 billion for salary increments.
The government rejected UTAS and suggested modifications for the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), to recognise the peculiarities of universities.
