{"id":5223,"date":"2020-03-09T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5223"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:31:20","slug":"asuu-commences-nationwide-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5223","title":{"rendered":"ASUU commences nationwide strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.premiumtimesng.com\/wp-content\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170907_132939-1-e1504867725239.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"File photo of ASUU meeting with the Nigerian govt delegation prior to a warning strike\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on a two-week warning strike with effect from Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike was declared by the National Executive Committee (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntinigeria.org\/ncepro.html\">NEC<\/a><\/strong>) of ASUU which ended its meeting in Enugu on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the strike in Enugu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike is following the decision of the federal government to stop salaries of lecturers who have not enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ASUU is opposed to the use of IPPIS for lecturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike action is also to compel federal government to implement the agreements and resolutions of Memorandum of Action discussed in the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoU), all of which have not been implemented, officials of the lecturers\u2019 union said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on a two-week warning strike with effect from Monday. 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