Striking
Nigerian lecturers have given the Federal Government six conditions
that will make them call off the strike if it is fulfilled.
From
left: Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), Prof. Nasir Isa; President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi; and the
Vice President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, at a news conference on the
state of the nation in Abuja on Monday (14/8/17). 04255/14/8/2017/Albert
otu/JAU/NAN
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given the Federal
Government six new conditions for calling off their two-week old
strike.
Some of the options given in the past include:
* Bringing back ASUU to the negotiation table;
* Allowing the Wale Babalakin Panel to conclude its assignment;
*suing ASUU to either the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) or the
National Industrial Court (NIC); and referring all issues to the
Ministry of Labour and Employment, in line with the Trade Dispute law.
TheNation reported that the six conditions were not part of the previous demands referred to the Babalakin Committee for arbitration.
The new conditions are that:
1. the Federal Government should immediately accept payment of shortfall in salaries of universities;
2. Universities to manage their IGR the way they like and exemption from TSA;
3. Exemption of Endowment Funds, JV cash from TSA;
4. Payment of University Salary Scale to teachers in primary schools in universities;
5. Release/implementation of guidelines for the retirement of Professors in line with 2009 FG-ASUU Agreement; and
6. Waiver/ government fiat to set up Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company.
The source said: “ASUU has brought proposals different from the agreement they reached in the Senate with the Federal Ministry of Education.
“They are asking the government to take over the shortfall in
the salaries of universities when there were glaring cases of abuse of
recruitment process and non-compliance with Integrated Personnel Payment
Information System (IPPIS).
“They want the government to accept liability for the shortfall
in spite of the fact that universities acted arbitrarily in increasing
their wage bill.
“The lecturers have also asked the government to manage their
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) henceforth instead of remitting such
to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in line with their demand for
autonomy for universities.”
But, according to the source, the government does not want to waive
the TSA policy for universities. It, however, expressed readiness to
exempt Endowment Funds and Joint Ventures Funds from TSA.
“In their new demands, the lecturers asked for the issuance of a
fiat to the Pension Commission to register the Nigerian Universities
Pension Management Company.
“PENCOM has expressed its readiness to register Nigerian
Universities Pension Management Company, if ASUU and other stakeholders
can quickly address the lapses already highlighted in the registration
process. PENCOM is insisting that the guidelines in the 2005 Pension
Reforms Act must be fully complied with,” the source said.
The the government is said to be shocked by ASUU’s fresh request
that the Federal Government should pay University Salary Scale to
primary school teachers in varsity staff schools.
It said: “They are saying that the staff school should be allowed to continue to collect tuition fees.”
“The government has a different approach to the staff school.
Apart from retaining its policy that primary education is free under the
Universal Basic Education (UBE) Scheme, the government is of the
opinion that teachers in varsity schools be either paid by the Universal
Basic Education Commission(UBEC) or be placed under the salary scale of
the Federal Ministry of Education or Federal Salary Scale,” the senior
government official said.
“Another demand from ASUU is the release of the guidelines for the retirement of professors in line with 2009 Agreement.”
Responding to a question, the source said: “We believe that ASUU is
trying to be difficult with the new conditions after the Minister of
Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had conceded N23billion to pay earned
allowances of the lecturers.
“The ASUU strike will be tabled before the Federal Executive
Council (FEC) on Wednesday (today). The FEC will weigh options and chart
the way forward.”
Contacted last night, the Minister of Labour and Employment,
Dr. Chris Ngige said: “They have brought some proposals different from
the demands we are already addressing. I want ASUU to toe the path of
peace for the sake of the innocent students in our universities.
“I am asking ASUU to know that this dispute is already
apprehended by this ministry. And when we apprehend a dispute, it is
necessary for parties to come for talks and consideration of issues.
“Going by Section 3 of the Labour Dispute law, any further
discussion on ASUU demands should be done with the Federal Ministry of
Labour.”
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