Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU’s agreement implementation may have to be delayed following Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters’ assertion that the ongoing negotiations between the duo would be null and void without the input of National Wages and Salaries Commission.
The chairman of the commission, Aloysius Etok stated this during an oversight tour of the Commission. He added that under no guise should the Federal Government negotiate salary or wage increase without the input of the relevant commission.
Etok attributed a good number of the incessant industrial actions in the country to sentimental negotiation for salary increase in the civil service. “We have said this earlier that on no account should Federal Government negotiate salary increase or anything that has to do with wages or salaries without the input of the Commission,” he said. “They should avoid the issue of sentimental increase or negotiation and there should be no exceptions. Four months is about a semester..........God help his children
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