According
to a report by Vanguard, the steps to reopen the schools may meet a
brick wall, as staff unions in schools, especially those owned by the
FG, have sounded warning strike, while those already on strike, may not
back out yet.
Commenting on the development, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told Vanguard that the union’s ongoing strike would continue.
“We started out industrial action before the outbreak of Coronavirus
disease in the country. All the issues we raised are yet to be
addressed. The government is free to open their schools, just like our
members are also entitled to their dues.
“As we speak, our
members are being owed between three to six months of salaries. The
government’s so-called fund saving platform, the Integrated Personnel
and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, is a colossal failure. Apart from
that, the government is yet to take any step to revitalise education
sector among others,” he said.
Ogunyemi said though ASUU
had been invited to a meeting by the government, it would wait and see
what happens, adding that ASUU was always available for negotiation.
He added that if the government did not reach an agreement with the
union before the reopening date, ASUU members would not resume work.
Similarly, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,
SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, acting under the aegis of
the Joint Action Committee, JAC, on Friday also said they would start a
two-week warning strike from October 5.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, the Branch Chairmen of UNILAG Chapters of SSANU and NASU, Olusola Sowunmi and Kehinde Ajibade, said the government had reneged on its promises to them.
The unions accused the FG of deceiving their leaders into accepting
IPPIS. Listing their demands, the unions said there were a lot of
inconsistencies in the payment of salaries to members, and the
non-payment of Earned Allowances to members.
Others are the
delay in the renegotiation of FGN/NASU and SSANU Agreements, as well as
the non-payment of retirement benefits to retired members.
They also accused the teaching staff of usurping the headship of non-teaching units.
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