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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on a two- week warning strike with effect from Monday. This announcement was made by the Natoonal President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, at the end of the National Executive Council meeting(NEC) held at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on Monday, March 9th, 2020.
Ogunyemi said the strike action was to compel federal government to implement the agreements and resolutions of Memorandum of Action discussed in the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoU), all of which have not been implemented.
The President , who briefed journalists after the National Executive Committee, revealed that the issues include: the alleged imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Poor funding and proliferation of State universities as well as non-implementation of the agreements and resolutions of Memorandum of Action discussed in the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoU).
He added that the re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement, non-remittance of third party deduction of salaries of members and non-payment of February 2020 salaries amongst others., also dominated issues raised at the NEC meeting.
