The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday, March 9th, 2020 declared a two-week warning strike to protest against the Federal Government’s non-payment of salaries of lecturers who were not enrolled in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

ASUU’s National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, who read the strike declaration after the union’s National Executive Council meeting held in Enugu, said the “warning strike takes effect today, Monday, March 9th, 2020”.

According to him, the strike action was to presurize the federal Government to effect the agreement and resolution of Memorandum of Action it had with the union from 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2019.

Having discussed the provisions in the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding and the 2017 Memorandum of Action which have not been implemented, NEC resolved to embark on two weeks warning strike action with effect from Monday 9th March 2020, to compel the Government to implement the agreement and resolution,

Ogunyemi stated.

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