Outcome Of ASUU Meeting With FG Emerge (Read Here)

The outcome Of ASUU Meeting With FGHas Emerged.

TruetellsNigeria reports that the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and a delegation of the Federal Government met on Friday.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presiding over the meeting.

The parley is expected to address various pending issues, including the contentious payment platform preferred by the union.

 

Recall that ASUU had opposed the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System used in settling workers salaries by the FG and instead, developed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution which is currently undergoing test-run by the National Information Technology Development Agency.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union had also proposed the University General and Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System in place of the IPPIS.

 

The Ministry of Labour and Employment spokesman, Charles Akpan, had disclosed in a text message on Wednesday that the dialogue with the ASUU leaders would hold at the minister’s conference hall.