ASUU BREAKING NEWS This Morning, Tuesday, November 17
Brainnews returns this morning with the latest from the ASUU prolonged strike in Nigeria.
Below is the latest you need to read:
1. ASUU begs Akeredolu to fund AAUA
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State branch has called on the state governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, and other stakeholders in the state to save the institution from collapsing.
The union said the university was suffering from under-funding and needed the state government to, as a matter of urgency, come to its rescue, to save it from collapse.
The Chairman of the union, Dr. Simon Ehiabhi, at a briefing on Sunday said there was a need for urgent financial intervention and increased funding for the proper running of the school by the state government.
2. Resolve your differences, Baptist Church tells FG, ASUU
The Nigerian Baptist Conference in the Federal Capital Territory has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resolve their differences with a view to reopening the Universities as soon as possible.
A statement on Monday said the conference comprises Baptist churches in the Federal Capital Territory and adjourning states.
The NBC made the plea in a communique signed by its President, Dr Israel Akanji and Chairman, Dr Idowu Akintola, during its just concluded 5th annual session at the First Baptist Church, Garki and the National Christian Centre, Abuja.
The communique which was sent by the Public Relations Officer of the NBC in FCT, Adebayo Oladeji, said “the ongoing closure of the universities is unacceptable and unjustifiable.”
3. Payment platform crisis: FG may drop IPPIS for ASUU, others as opposition grows
There were indications on Sunday that the Federal Government might adopt any payment platform developed in universities as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, who gave this indication in an interview with The PUNCH, however, gave conditions for adopting any payment platform apart from the IPPIS.
According to him, the platform must be capable of eliminating ghost workers’ syndrome and other forms of corruption in payment of salaries.
Akpan stated this as opposition to the IPPIS grew on Sunday when unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said it was only suitable for the civil service.
