ASUU embarks on ‘indefinite’ strike, gives reason for action

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on an indefinite strike after the expiration of its two-weeks warning strike, despite the fact that some higher education institutions are on break due to fears of the spread of coronavirus also known as COVID-19.

This was revealed on Monday by ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, who noted during a press conference in Abuja that the union rejects the use of force to by the Federal Government to enroll members of the union on Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS).

Speaking further during the press conference at the union’s National Secretariat in Abuja, Ogunyemi disclosed that Federal Government had failed to address the issues raised by its members, hence the commencement of the strike.

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“The union has decided to embark on total and indefinite strike from Monday 23, 2020, ” he said.

ASUU is embarking on the strike over the non-payment of salaries of their members who failed to enrol into the federal government’s IPPIS, payroll software mandated for all public officials.

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