ASUU Strike: FG Recreates renegotiation Committee for 2009 ASUU Agreement
The Federal Government has recreated a renegotiation committee for 2009 ASUU agreement and has appointed Emeritus Professor, Nimi Briggs, to lead the renegotiation committee with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, announced the recreation of the committee early on Thursday in Abuja, as part of the Federal Government’s attempts to end the ongoing ASUU strike.
Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben. Bem Goong, in a statement, quoted the Minister of Education saying there is urgent need to swiftly end all outstanding issues in the 2009 agreement in order to achieve the desired tranqulity needed on Nigerian University campuses. Mr. Ben also disclosed that the committee would be inaugurated by the Minister on Monday, March 7, 2022, in Abuja.
Recall that ASUU embarked on a one-month warning stike on the 14th of February 2022, over government failure to implement of the Memorandum of Action it signed with the Union back in 2009. Where some of the demands by ASUU included: adequate funding for revitalisation of public Universities, Earned academic allowances, Universities Transparency Accountability Solutions (UTAS), promotion arrears, renegotiation of 2009 ASUU/FG agreement and the inconsistencies in Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System Payment (IPPIS) respectively.
According to the statement By Mr. Ben, the Chairman and Members of the recreated 2009 FGN/University-Based Unions Agreements committee are as follows:
Prof. Emeritus Nimi Briggs-(Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo), chairman.
Other members of the committee includes;
Arc. Lawrence Patrick Ngbale-(Pro-Chancellor, Federal University. Wukari -member (North East), Prof. Funmi Togunu-Bickersteth- (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi) -Member (South West) Sen. Chris Adighije- (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University. Lokoja -member (South East), Prof Olu Obafemi -(Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna) – member (North-Central); Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu-(Pro-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science & Technology)-member (North West) and Barr. Matthew B. Seiyefa, mni-(Pro–Chancellor, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island)-member (South-South)
“All advisers and observers in the Federal Government/University-based Unions 2009 agreements Re-negotiation Team are expected to be in attendance for the inauguration on Monday.”
