Hope raises on Thursday after the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Okolieaboh Sylva said the Federal government is opened to accommodate the salary peculiarities payments demanded by the Academic Staff Union of the Universities on the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information Payment System (IPPIS).
Sylva revealed this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of representatives, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, the Head of Service, Folashade Esan and the leadership of ASUU.
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Sylva said that the incorporation of ASUU demand on the IPPIS platform can be carried out without President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval; stressing
that there was nothing complicated about the issue once ASUU agrees to the decision.
However the President of ASUU insisted that the offers are unacceptable to the union, just as the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, noted that the Federal Government would not offer ASUU what it did not have.
The Speaker of the House of Reps femi gbajabiamila in his remarks , appealed to ASUU to shift grounds so that the 7 month old strike can come to an end.
The speaker further agreed to meet with President Buhari on the matter.
(Editor: Omor Bazuaye)
