Striking ASUU members may not be returning to their various classrooms anytime soon as their demands remain unmet by the government.
ASUU members have been on strike for eight months now over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement. This has caused the closure of universities.
The members have vowed not to return until their demands are adhered to saying they will not go back to school on empty stomachs.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Zonal Chairman of the union, Dr Aniekan Brown had this to say;
“Sometimes, either by deliberate ill-intended machinations or for want of understanding, ASUU’s struggles are misunderstood. In the light of the above, it considered expedient to engage the public, to bring to the fore ASUU’s stance on the on-going strike action, and the government-induced distraction known as the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and the Federal Government of Nigeria’s illicit commitment, hard-work, determination, and treachery to forcefully migrate staff of Federal Universities to IPPIS.”
Chairpersons of ASUU from the various universities attended the press conference. The Universities include; Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi, University of Uyo and University of Calabar, Abia State University, Akwa Ibom State University, Cross River University of Technology.
