The varsity workers, under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Associated Institutions (NASU), said on Thursday that they would immediately commence a nationwide strike as soon as the university system reopens after the COVID-19 lockdown. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the union’s said there “will be a showdown in the university system effective from when universities would be directed to reopen for activities after the COVID-19 lockdown,” over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). “If by the time schools are asked to reopen and the needful is not done, it means hope is lost and the earlier avoidable industrial conflict becomes inevitable. “We daresay that never has Nigerian University System witnessed such cacophony and cocktail of confusion on account of salary payments as experienced under the IPPIS regime. According to the report, its creditors were the United States and Canada, which Britain transferred £43 million and £12 million respectively.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 06, 2020 22:52 UTC