ASUU Breaking News This Afternoon, Friday, November 13
Brainnews returns this afternoon to update you on the latest from the prolonged ASUU Strike in Nigeria.
Below is the latest:
1. ASUU: Ngige wrong on varsity autonomy
University autonomy is backed by law, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Thursday.
It faulted a claim by Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, that ASUU cannot claim to be autonomous when the government pays lecturers.
Lecturers have refused to call off their seven-month strike due to disagreement with the government over the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS) and other demands.
While defending his ministry’s budget before the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment on Wednesday, Ngige said: “They said that university autonomy is being eroded by IPPIS.
“Autonomy cannot work when the government is paying the lecturers. It can work only when the governing council generates its resources to pay workers.”
2. ‘ASUU will shun UNIPORT VC when tenure expires’
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has threatened to shun Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Okodudu if he remained in office beyond his stipulated term of six months as provided by the Universities Act 2003.
The union said its decision followed the Federal Government’s refusal to constitute a Governing Council in the institution.
3. Student leaders give FG 7-day ultimatum to end ASUU strike
Presidents of students’ union governments in tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by lecturers or face nationwide protests.
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been on strike since February over non-implementation of agreements and the use of a new payment programme, ISPSS, for their salaries.
The student leaders gave the ultimatum while addressing reporters at the University of Ibadan on Thursday.
At the press conference were Wisdom Okoko of the University of Ilorin; Olamide Olabiyi of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso; Michael Awoyemi of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye,Ogun State; Abiodun Oloyede of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB); Olusegun Akeju of University of Ibadan and Lekan Abbul-Azeez Soneye of Tai Solarin College of Education, Ogun State and Mayowa Opakunle of Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Oyo State.
They lamented that students were bearing the brunt of the industrial action.
