The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has outlined fresh conditions the Federal Government must take to end its six-month-long academic strike.
Speaking on a television programme, yesterday, its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, insisted that the President Buhari-led administration must exhibit transparency to end the on-going strike.
According to him, the Federal Government must clearly state its position on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, (UTAS), a payroll system that ASUU wants as a replacement for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system, (IPPIS).
Osodeke further said: Government should tell us and Nigerians the money that has been alleged to have been approved for revitalisation how much is it and where is it lodged? When will it be released?.
Three: have they accepted the agreement we reached with their panel? They should come and tell us this, and not go to the press, he added.
Strike is a symptom of a problem. Any day you sort out that problem, you will not have a strike, he stated.
Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022. The union insisted on continuing it after holding a National Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
