National Telescope national telescope newspaper
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has declared the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal.
Ngige said there was no mandatory notice before it was announced, hence came as a shock.
ASUU commenced the strike action on Monday over issues of the alleged imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), poor funding and proliferation of State universities, among other issues.
Speaking at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, Dr Ngige explained that the last discussion the Federal Government had with ASUU, necessitated that a nomination is done to serve the IPPIS committee.
“I was shocked that on Monday, just like every other person, I read and saw some people coming out of the university system that their lecturers have gone on strike.
“It is not cheery news, they didn’t give us the mandatory notice before going on strike; so for a start, this strike is illegal.
“They said it’s a warning strike, a strike is a strike; it’s the withdrawing of services from which you are being paid” He said.
