The House of Representatives wrapped up its stakeholder consultations on the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government, FG, and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU`, on Thursday saying it will shortly offer its recommendations to President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The government side urged ASUU` to accept their accommodation under the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System at the third of a series of marathon meetings held in Abuja.
The National Information Technology Development Agency was challenged by the ASUU side to demonstrate that the University Transparency Accountability Solution it had recommended failed the integrity test. The ASUU side insisted on an independent and domesticated platform for university lecturers.
On Thursday, when the invited parties appeared before the House, government representatives made ASUU a new offer to modify the IPPIS to take into account the unique characteristics UTAS desires to acknowledge.
The recommendations of the parliament and the stakeholders’ roundtable report were just about to be ready, according to Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila.
At the conclusion of the two-hour meeting, Gbajabiamila urged with ASUU to accept whatever the House ultimately advises in good faith.
He said, “I believe this would be, hopefully, the last meeting we are going to have on this matter because from here, the leadership of the House will put together our reports, our recommendations, and our thoughts and take them to Mr President.
“I am hoping that whatever we have done, ASUU will accept it in good faith—this is an independent arm of the government—and that the government will accept it in good faith as well so that our children can return to school, which is what this is all about.”
