IPPIS : Lauretta Onochie reveals why ASUU called off strike
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on
Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has claimed that the proposed strike by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was “a planned revenge
over the closure of the cold room”.
The ‘cold room’ is
allegedly a code name for the University of Lagos Staff Club, where
lecturers take female students to have fun. Onochie tweeted: “ASUU
suspends proposed strike! There was no justification for it. It was a
planned revenge over the closure of the #COLDROOM.” ASUU, on Thursday,
suspended its proposed strike over Federal Government’s directive to
enroll its members into the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information
System (IPPIS). Last month, Buhari warned that Federal Government
employees not captured on the IPPIS platform by October 31, 2019, would
no longer be receiving their salaries. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi, explained that the union had decided to maintain status quo,
pending further meetings. What we have been saying is that the reaction
of our members will depend on what happens in the government. Our
members will meet at the appropriate time to take appropriate decision.
The Senate has intervened in the matter and we are engaging the Senate,
the Senate has appealed to us for now, When they pay other workers, they
pay them also,” Ogunyemi said.