After hours of deliberation on Friday, the federal government finally retired 10 months of mulishness with the Academic Staff Union of Universities by making several concessions to the body, especially by reportedly exempting its members from its controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System . The federal government also agreed to increase certain funding as well as pay up salary arrears accrued during the faceoff with ASUU.
While lecturers and students were forced to sit at home due to the health crisis that afflicted the globe, the government gratefully ignored the elephant in the room with ASUU. Even after the lockdown was eased in phases, the government still acted aloof to the mournful din of students, lecturers and the entire public alike.
The government may retreat to lick its wounds, but the wounds will be only minimal and not personal. For ASUU, which was really left with no choice in the face of the government’s offensive discourtesy except embarking on the 10-month long industrial action, there will be many wounds. Almost a year of being forced to sit at home jobless will have taken its mental toll. Victory, however, is victory. The body will meet soon and it is expected that it will call off the strike.
The country tired me oh...
I weak for this country.
The union seems to be heartless
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