Why ASUU should accept FG’s offer — Ngige

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has expressed optimism that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will accept the new offer by the Federal Government and end the eight-month strike which began in March.

He urged ASUU to hasten consultations with its members in order to return to the negotiation table before Friday.

“I feel that even this offer is one of the best they have ever gotten since I started conciliation with them. I do not see why they should not accept it. Everything they asked for has been granted. I don’t think they should say the offer is not good.

“But I told them before they left that asking the nation and the students to wait from Friday to Friday is unfair, they should come back to us by Tuesday. They have done that before when we negotiated with the Senate President. The offer was made on a Thursday and they came back to us on a Tuesday.

“So, that’s what I expect them to do this time around. If they do so, the nation will appreciate them and regard them as patriotic citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I expect them to get back to me much earlier than Friday,” the minister, who spoke on an Arise TV interview monitored by The PUNCH, said.

The PUNCH had reported last Friday that the Federal Government accepted the demand by ASUU that the lecturers be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

The government also offered to increase the Earned Allowances to university staff from N30 billion to N35b and the Revitalisation Fund from N20b to N25b.

The development came after weeks of negotiations and disagreements by the FG and ASUU, which proposed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution as its preferred payment platform.

Reading out the communique at the end of a seven-hour negotiation with ASUU members in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had said the government also agreed to ASUU’s demand to pay their members’ salary arrears from February to June through the old salary payment platform, Government Integrated Financial and Management Information System.

The breakthrough in negotiations is expected to end the eight-month strike embarked on by the university lecturers as parents and students wait on ASUU to call off the strike.

Cptflint:
For 10 months now. Some non academic staff of universities has not been paid their salaries.. They have submitted their bvn. Yet ippis refused to pay them.. Their various school administrator has written severally to the accountant General of the federation inviting ippis to their various schools for capturing of their remaining staff. Ippis refused to honour the invitation. And these staff has resigned from their various workplaces and now are suffering in penury. 10 good months without pay.

And u ask if the FG actually care about their workers at all. Ippis should as a matter or urgency.. Go to various universities especially nnamdi azikiwe University and capture these staff.. Their suffering is terrible.

Cptflint:
For 10 months now. Some non academic staff of universities has not been paid their salaries.. They have submitted their bvn. Yet ippis refused to pay them.. Their various school administrator has written severally to the accountant General of the federation inviting ippis to their various schools for capturing of their remaining staff. Ippis refused to honour the invitation. And these staff has resigned from their various workplaces and now are suffering in penury. 10 good months without pay.

And u ask if the FG actually care about their workers at all. Ippis should as a matter or urgency.. Go to various universities especially nnamdi azikiwe University and capture these staff.. Their suffering is terrible.

Cptflint:
[s] for 10 months now. Some non academic staff of universities has not been paid their salaries.. They have submitted their bvn. Yet ippis refused to pay them.. Their various school administrator has written severally to the accountant General of the federation inviting ippis to their various schools for capturing of their remaining staff. Ippis refused to honour the invitation. And these staff has resigned from their various workplaces and now are suffering in penury. 10 good months without pay.

And u ask if the FG actually care about their workers at all. Ippis should as a matter or urgency.. Go to various universities especially nnamdi azikiwe University and capture these staff.. Their suffering is terrible.

Samakus:


See how you're spreading lies. Can't you say the truth for once eh?

After IPPIS capturing in December/January, Unizik went ahead to employ over 2k staff. Some where even employed in June this year. Because the management allegedly were hurrying to cover slots of ghost workers they have been defrauding FG with since.

Those new staff that went to Abuja to get captured were asked to bring letter of identification from their school and bank statement showing that they have received 6months salaries. Of course, they couldn't provide that.

Blame your greedy institution management for their greed and corruption. Not IPPIS.

gunners160:
I have been following your comments and I love the fact that you are always straight whenever you air your opinion without any form of bias. Anybody who is against the use of IPPIS does not know or has never for once worked with any govt organisation.
Doing justice to ASUU, IPPIS has been faced with certain set backs and just as we all know, nothing in this entire world is perfect. I won't want to mention the name of the institution I happened to work with, do you know everything you just stated here is actually what is happening over there. There was even a time the V . C was wanted by EFCC. The accountability is 5%.The people crying foul are the ogas at the top who are benefiting from illegal govt money.. Right now, recruitment is still taking place and I weep for this country

Cptflint:


If what you are saying is the truth. Then the administration has been lying to the staff. Because they have been the ones telling the staff that ippis will come and they have sent letters inviting ippis to unizik..

I can remember specifically that the registrar gave out a notice for the staff that hasn't been captured not to bother going to Abuja.. That ippis will come to nnamdi azikiwe University and capture these staff..

These staff really need help. As it stands now most of them are confused and helpless in the face of current situation.

Samakus:


See how you're spreading lies. Can't you say the truth for once eh?

After IPPIS capturing in December/January, Unizik went ahead to employ over 2k staff. Some where even employed in June this year. Because the management allegedly were hurrying to cover slots of ghost workers they have been defrauding FG with since.

Those new staff that went to Abuja to get captured were asked to bring letter of identification from their school and bank statement showing that they have received 6months salaries. Of course, they couldn't provide that.

Blame your greedy institution management for their greed and corruption. Not IPPIS.