After discussing the 2009 agreements with the Federal Government renegotiation committee, the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, as well as the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions, have both stated that they have yet to receive any message.
The Federal Government renegotiation committee, which would be led by Prof. Nimi Briggs, Pro-Chancellor of Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, is slated to evaluate the draft proposed 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and renegotiate with other striking university unions.
The Briggs renegotiation committee has been meeting with university unions since April 2022, and they are all presently on strike as a result of unmet demands in the 2009 accords made with the FG.
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National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke in an interview with our correspondent said the Prof. Nimi Briggs Committee told the union they were waiting for the Federal Government to respond to the reports of the meeting they had so far.
‘‘Yes, we had a meeting with them last week and they have not called us again. All they told us was that they are waiting for their principal, that when their principal responds, they will get back to us,’’ he said.
Osodeke said they had not gotten invitation for another meeting. But lamented that this was the situation since May 2021, ‘‘The same way they told us they were waiting for the FG in May 2021 and yet no result.’’
Similarly, the national president, SSANU, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, whose union had a meeting with the renegotiation Committee last week Friday said all that was done were appraisals and reviews, adding that the Briggs committee said they were waiting for their ‘masters’ to respond.
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‘‘They told us they are waiting for their ‘masters’ we reviewed the meeting and they promised to get back to us when their principal responds. So we are waiting. The strike is still on.’’
Mohammed further claimed that false information on the findings of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System had been spread on social media.
He went on to say that NITDA had only just finished testing on UTAS and U3PS and that no results had been disclosed.
The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System test, according to Mohammed, is still underway.
The IPPIS was regarded by higher education unions as a troublesome payment platform, with everyone complaining bitterly about its inconsistency and claiming it was an imported fraudulent platform.
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As a result of IPPIS’ inconsistencies and salary short-changing, ASUU and SSANU developed their own payment platforms, UTAS and U3PS, respectively.
Mohammed said, ‘‘The results of the payment platforms as being rumored are not yet out. The committee has finished the UTAS and UP3 tests and they are now on IPPIS.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, SSANU’s strike began with a two-week warning strike that began at midnight on Sunday, March 27th, 2021, and was extended for another two weeks on Sunday, April 10th, 2022, and is currently ongoing.
SSANU has made a number of claims, including irregular implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, underpaid earned allowances, delays in renegotiating FGN, NASU, and SSANU agreements, and non-payment of minimum wage arrears.
Others include, among other things, state university neglect and underfunding, non-payment of retirement benefits to exiting union members, and usurpation of non-teaching unit leadership in blatant violation of conditions of employment and establishing processes.
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ASUU went on strike on February 14, 2022, after the Federal Government refused to meet some of its demands, including the release of university revitalisation funds, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the UTAS payment platform for the payment of university lecturers’ salaries and allowances.
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