• Esele, NECA Ex-DG Differ On Pro-rata Payment• NASU, SSANU Seek Inclusion In IPPIS Conversation
In a statement after the end of the NEC meeting, the ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, declared that the university teachers are intellectuals and casual workers. “This is not only an aberration but a contravention of all known rules of engagement in any contract of employment for academics the world over.”
“Section 43 of the Trade Disputes Act CAP. T8 states that ‘where any employer locks out his workers, the workers shall be entitled to wages and any other applicable remuneration for the period of the lock-out and the period of the lock-out shall not prejudicially affect any rights of the workers being rights dependent on the continuity of period of employment,” CONUA argued.
Emmanuel argued that it does appear that the Buhari administration has a gross misunderstanding of the critical roles education plays in the development of nations. “It is my view that the future of education requires that the government collapses the two per cent education tax generated from the TETFUND into a counterpart funding from the Federal Government into an endowment set up by the schools – managed by the private sector – and that will focus on scholarships, administration, research and development, infrastructure.
“In taking action, the government should critically examine where we are as a country. Is the current action good for the future of our children who were forced to stay at home for about eight months?” he asked. On how the pro-rata payment impacts the general industrial harmony on campuses, especially the non-teaching unions, the President of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions , Dr. Hassan Makolo, said that both NASU and SSANU were not directly affected.
“The contestation against the IPPIS cuts across all the four unions on campus. So, if a committee is now set up to look at the peculiarities of the university system in terms of payment of salaries, other unions should be included in such a committee. The University Transparency and Accountability Solution and Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll System performed better than IPPIS when they were subjected to tests by the National Information Technology Development Agency .
ASSU cant continue to hold d whole nation at d jogular, they can't be paid for work not done
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