Asuu and FG reach concrete agreement.

ON MARCH 18, 2020

*The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Wednesday it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the crisis in the university system.*

*The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in Abuja while addressing journalists at the end of a closed-door reconciliatory meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja.*

*The meeting which began by 3:00 p.m. ended late on Tuesday night

*ASUU embarked on the warning strike on March 9 over a disagreement with the federal government on the revitalization of universities, earned academic allowance, visitation panel, mainstreaming and most importantly Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).*


*Ogunyemi said ASUU would not make any pronouncement on the matter until the union leadership presents the new government proposals to its members.

*He said: “We had some fruitful discussions and we have improved on where we were last time. We have what we can call concrete proposals and we have what we can take back to our members.

*”But as we usually say, those of us here cannot give the final pronouncements on any of the proposals and we have assured the government that we will report faithfully to our principals and get back to government accordingly.

*We want to assure all Nigerians that we are concern about going back to our work like every other person because we know that is where we find happiness. We are not happy outside our classrooms, our laboratories, and our libraries.