The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in a statement on Wednesday disclosed that the warning strike embark upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU came to him as a shock.
Recall that ASUU commenced the strike action on Monday over issues of the alleged imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), poor funding and proliferation of State universities, among other issues.
However, following the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, Dr Ngige explained that the last discussion the Federal Government had with ASUU, necessitated that a nomination is done to serve the IPPIS committee.
“I was shocked that on Monday, just like every other person, I read and saw some people coming out of the university system that their lecturers have gone on strike.
It is not cheery news, they didn’t give us the mandatory notice before going on strike; so for a start, this strike is illegal.
They said it’s a warning strike, a strike is a strike; it’s the withdrawing of services from which you are being paid, he maintained.”
Ngige noted that IPPIS will be operated by staff in the universities and not from Abuja.
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