ASUU Strike Update2020: ASUU Embarks On Two-Weeks Warning Strike [Full Details]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced a two-week warning strike with effect from Monday. 9th March 2020 as a way of compelling the federal government to implement the agreements and resolutions of Memorandum of Action discussed in the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoU), all of which have not been implemented.

This was made know by the National President of ASUU Professor Biodun Ogunyemi at the end of the National Executive Council meeting(NEC) held at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT).

It was also gathered that the warning strike is equally connected to the decision of the federal government to stop salaries of lecturers who have not enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

Hence, The Federal Government has made a U-turn on its determination not to pay January salary of the staff of the federal universities, polytechnic and colleges of education, thereby aborting the nationwide strike billed to commence on Monday, February 3.

It is gathered that the Federal Government has decided to halt its enforcement mechanism for a month with a view that the issues surrounding the scheme would have been sorted out.
List of Universities in Nigeria that are not part of the Nationwide 2019/2020 ASUU STRIKE

Below isthe list of universities that are not part of Asuu and are currently not part of the current two-weeks Nationwide 2019/2020 strike action.

PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

1. Achievers University, Owo
2. Adeleke University, Ede
3. Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State
4. African University of Science & Technology, Abuja
5. Ajayi Crowther University, Ibadan
6. Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin
7. American University of Nigeria, Yola
8. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo
9. Baze University
10. Bells University of Technology, Otta
11. Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
12. Bingham University, New Karu
13. Bowen University, Iwo
14. Caleb University, Lagos
15. Caritas University, Enugu
16. CETEP City University, Lagos
17. Covenant University Ota
18. Crawford University Igbesa
19. Crescent University
20. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin
21. Evangel University, Akaeze
22. Fountain University, Oshogbo
23. Godfrey Okoye University, Ugwuomu-Nike – Enugu State
24. Gregory University, Uturu
25. Igbinedion University Okada
26. Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji
27. Katsina University, Katsina
28. Kwararafa University, Wukari
29. Landmark University, Omu-Aran
30. Lead City University, Ibadan
31. Madonna University, Okija
32. Mcpherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo
33. Nigerian-Turkish Nile University, Abuja
34. Novena University, Ogume
35. Obong University, Obong Ntak
36. Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu – Osun State
37. Pan-African University, Lagos
38. Paul University, Awka – Anambra State
39. Redeemer’s University, Mowe
40. Renaissance University, Enugu
41. Rhema University, Obeama-Asa – Rivers State
42. Salem University, Lokoja
43. Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa
44. Southwestern University, Oku Owa
45. Tansian University, Umunya
46. University of Mkar, Mkar
47. Veritas University
48. Wellspring University, Evbuobanosa – Edo State
49. Wesley Univ. of Science & Tech., Ondo
50. Western Delta University, Oghara

Federal Universities

University of Ilorin (Unilorin)

Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

Earlier: No January Salary For Unregistered ASUU Members due to Failure to Enroll on IPPS – FG

The end is yet to be seen on the current squabble between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on IPPS enrollment, as the FG has released a circular mandating the Director of Cash Management to stop salaries of tertiary institutions workers not enrolled on the IPPIS platform.

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Recall that, the federal government through the office of the accountant general had directed that all federal civil servants be enrolled in an Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPS) and ASUU had repeatedly kick against the system calling it a dictatorial moved geared towards caging its members. They had threaten a strike action, should the federal government insist on enrolling their members on the platform.

ASUU Threatens Strike Following Face-off with the Federal Government over IPPIS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on strike action by November if the Federal Government goes ahead to withhold the October salary of Lecturers over their refusal to enroll in the ‘new’ payment system known as Integrated Personnel Payment Information System (IPPIS).

This was coming after the Accountant General of the Federation last week said the staff of any university that failed to enroll in IPPIS would not be paid their October salaries.

The Nigerian government adopted the IPPIS as a centralised payment system in order to block leakages and curb corruption and has mandated all Federal ministries, departments and agencies of government including Federal University Lecturers to be enrolled in the system. However, the lecturers are saying there are sufficient inbuilt measures in the current structure of the university system ” that is capable of checkmating corruption”.

According to ASUU, imposing IPPIS on universities is not only a violation of university laws, especially the hard-earned autonomy, “it is a relegation of the federal government’s agreement with ASUU.” as it willcost federal universities their “hard-earned autonomy.”

Speaking on the planned strike, the ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator for Bauchi zone, Lawal Abubakar said that the zone already have a standing order of ‘no salary no work’ which means the members would not turn up for work should they not receive their salary alerts on the last day of the month.

On how the IPPIS may affect lecturers, Abubakar said “the university may no longer be able to assist a lecturer who has issues with either his research allowances, or his rent allowance or his retirement benefits, because such a lecturer would have to travel to Abuja before he or she can get that done. But the university system is too dynamic for such delays and bottleneck.

“Secondly, the university system is so flexible that a lecturer may decide to disengage from service at any time. So should such a situation arises, and a vice-chancellor whose university has lost its autonomy needs to get a replacement, must have to go through some offices in Abuja; and when such officers would insist they have their candidate included in the list. A VC that rejects this would have to suffer the consequences of future denials of approvals, ” he said.

“No one can force ASUU to sign into IPPIS because the system requires us to fill the form, get our biometric data captured before one can be in the payment system.”

“We are not going to do that. And should they withhold our salaries, there is a standing instruction that we don’t show up for work a day after the last day of the month,” he said.