Gbenro Adesina
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday has vowed to ensure the reversal of appointments and promotions made by Nigeria’s Universities during the on-going strike action embarked upon by the Union.
The Union stated that any appointment and promotion carried out under the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is illegal.
ASUU has been on strike over failure of government to fulfill agreement reached with the Union in relation to revatilisation funding of varsities, earned academic allowances, Visitation panel to public school, proliferation of universities and their governance and conclusion of renegotiation of 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement.
In strike Bulletin 10 signed by ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, the Union maintained that it would insist on reversal of appointments and promotions during the strike for failing to meet established norms and procedures for doing so.
The Union also berated some Vice Chancellors, who are promising online delivery they do not have capacity for.
Speaking on the position of ASUU, ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Ayo Akinwole stated that ASUU is happy when her members are promoted but the Union would continue to vehemently frown at promotions and appointments that do not follow due process of academic elevation.
Also, ASUU ordered members not to fill any form or document sent to them through their Vice Chancellors, alleging that some University Vice Chancellors were working with the National Universities Commission (NUC) for ‘fake’ data collection.
Akinwole stated that the Union is working to ensure that lecturers who are yet to receive their salaries for four months to get paid as well as working tirelessly at getting new salaries and welfare packages commensurate with global standards for her members.
