The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has resume protest calling on Federal Government to fulfil its promise to remove its members from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. Chairman of ASUU, Federal University, Lokoja, FUL chapter, Dr Joshua Silas, made the call today during a protest organised by members of the union at FUL campus in Felele, Lokoja.
Addressing pressmen shortly after the protest, the chairman called on the federal government to implement the re-negotiations of 2009 agreements reached with the national body to prevent the Academicians from resumption back to the suspended industrial action.
His statement partly reads; “We are carrying out these protests nationwide as directed by the national body of ASUU in solidarity to urge the federal government to promptly meet our demands.
“The government has failed to meet with our demands regarding the 2009 re-negotiation agreements with the national body of ASUU as promised.
“A lot has been done and government promised to meet our needs but since 2009 to 2024 till now, nothing has been done because government has failed to honour the agreements.
“We suspended the last strike in October 2022 with the hope that government would resolve all the outstanding issues, but till today June 25, 2024, nothing has been done.
The statement added, “The protest is to call the attention of the general public to be aware and bear us witness that ASUU has been patient enough with the government.
“Enough is enough; this is totally unacceptable because many of our members have died due to the present economic hardships.
“We urge the government to do the needful because ASUU should not be blamed for any industrial action anytime from now,” Silas concluded.