ASUU Strike: Ngige briefs Buhari, says N92.7bn paid to lecturers so far
NEWS DIGEST – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The union has been on a one-month warning strike since February 14 over the government’s failure to meet agreements reached with it.
Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the minister said the President was satisfied with his brief.
He said: “2020 December agreement with ASUU is on course in terms of implementation.”
According to him, the Federal Government has paid N40bn for earned allowance and N30bn for revitalization to the lecturers.
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He added that N22.7bn was also paid from the supplementary budget as also earned allowances for 2021.
On the most contentious of issues regarding the decision to use either the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System, IPPIS, or the University Transparency Accountability Solutions, UTAS, he said the committee saddled with the responsibility had been given four weeks to provide feedback.
He said the National Information Technology Development Agency ran integrity and vulnerability tests on UTAS and concluded that it did not meet the requirements after pointing out areas of lapses, a verdict, he said, ASUU rejected as incorrect.
He said a joint technical team would meet to do the tests again for confirmation of the initial findings and necessary solutions.
