Popular Nigeria music executive, Don Jazzy has waded in on the controversial discord between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government which has resulted in a persistent strike action by varsity lecturers.
According to Don Jazzy, the students are the ones that would be at the receiving end and it is a very sad situation.
Don Jazzy tweeted ;
An African proverb says, “when two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets trampled.” The two elephants – ASUU and the FG. Students would be at the receiving end. A very sad situation. Stakeholders should pls try as much as possible not to let this strike action linger.
An African proverb says, "when two elephants fight, it's the grass that gets trampled." The two elephants – ASUU and the FG. Students would be at the receiving end. A very sad situation. Stakeholders should pls try as much as possible not to let this strike action linger. https://t.co/hU9qfibMEz
— ?ITS DONJAZZY AGAIN? (@DONJAZZY) August 24, 2020
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has formally written to the federal government, requesting for a date for the reopening of negotiations, which were abandoned in February due to the disagreement over the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
The union also urged the federal government to initiate a process that would lead to the validation of its alternative salary payment platform, the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
It demanded that government should pull out all academic staff already captured on IPPIS and enrol them on UTAS.
