The Benin Zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has accused the federal and state governments of engaging war strategy of starvation under the radar of Integrated Personnel Payroll (IPPIS), by withdrawing the salaries of its members.
The body in a statement endorsed by its Coordinator, Prof. Fred Esumeh, and five others, described the forceful application of IPPIS by the federal and state governments as a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian University system.
The Benin Zone comprises of University of Benin (UNIBEN); Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA); Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSETECH), Ondo; Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU) and the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE).
Giving the background of what led to the indefinite strike declared by the national leadership of ASUU, Esumeh blamed the strike on the federal government’s forceful application of IPPIS and refusal to implement the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreements and the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the government voluntarily entered with the Union and other demands aimed at addressing the rot in Nigeria education system.
