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Femi Gbajabiamila: House leadership to dialogue with Muhammadu Buhari over ASUU demands

According to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday, the leadership of the House of Representatives will request a meeting with President Muh...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief September 30, 2022
Updated September 30, 2022 at 7:39 AM
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Femi Gbajabiamila: House leadership to dialogue with Muhammadu Buhari over ASUU demands
According to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday, the leadership of the House of Representatives will request a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss resolving the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the results of its interactions with parties involved.

The strike was caused in large part by problems with the payment platforms, the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS), and the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS). The office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) recently made clear that it is prepared to address these problems for ASUU.

The leadership will present a summary of its discussions with significant parties to the disagreement, according to the Speaker, and make suggestions that will allow the President to assess the issues at stake from an educated second perspective.

Gbajabiamila stated at the most recent meeting of the House leadership with stakeholders that the data acquired from the numerous contacts will help the leadership come up with fact-based suggestions for the crisis resolution.

Those in attendance included the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen Chris Ngige; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan; the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh; the Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, represented; as well as the Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta among others. Also present was the delegation from ASUU led by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.

Saying that the interest of the children that had been at the receiving end of the trade dispute should be paramount, Gbajabiamila appealed to both sides to give in and make concessions from their initial demands.

He said: “We will put together our recommendations and our thoughts and take it to Mr. President, that’s why we are here to interface and look for solutions.

“Again let me repeat, we are running a government, nobody, no individual, no group, whether you are legislative, judiciary or whatever can be above the government, can be above the law.

“We can’t be against and I’m speaking specifically to ASUU, we did not say because the court has given judgment, that’s the end of our conversation. In spite of the court judgment, we are still looking for solutions, we didn’t even address it here, I don’t want to address it.

“Otherwise, we could’ve said, if government has given judgment, I don’t know if there’s a stay of execution, I don’t know.

“We are appealing to you, the Judiciary has spoken, the Executive has spoken, the Legislature is about to speak together with the Executive; everybody cannot be wrong and only one person is right. For me I’m happy with the solution on UTAS, no victor, no vanquished, everybody is being carried along.

“for the sake of emphasis, the House is pleading with you, let’s put all interest aside and look at the interest of our children.

“The white paper we told you we’ll get, the letter is here, it’s now waiting for the President’s final approval.

“On revitalization, I asked the DG budget here if provision has been made in the budget. We made a promise to you, and we are staying by that promise.

“Regarding the issue of UTAS, you said you haven’t seen the report; we have it here, so we’ve been working for you”.

During the interactions, following questions from the Speaker, the AGF, Okolieaboh revealed that his office was ready to accommodate issues of concern to ASUU over salary payment if that would bring the crisis to an end.

While the Director General of the NITDA, also disclosed the readiness of the agency to continue the integrity test on the payment platforms.

Following complaints of the federal government’s attempt to strip the Universities Governing Council of its administrative power through the deployment of the IPPIS, the Head of Service, Yemi-Esan allayed the fears of the striking lecturers that the government would not take away the responsibilities of the Governing Council of Universities in the administration of the schools.

Speaker Gbajabiamila assured the striking lectures that the House leadership would invite the ASUU leadership following the outcome of the meeting with the President as soon as it was held.

“When we make our recommendations, we are going to meet with Mr. President and interface on your behalf”, he assured them.
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