Nigerians React As ASUU Threatens To Resume Nationwide Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to embark on nationwide strike action over the government’s stand on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The strike notice was issued by the ASUU national president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Wednesday after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, held at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. Naija News recalls the federal government and ASUU have been at loggerheads over the implementation of IPPIS.

The government is insisting the lecturers must sign up on the IPPIS while the ASUU members on their part have rejected government position, insisting their members will not sign up on the IPPIS platform.

Meanwhile, the new threat by the academic community has generated several reactions from people on twitter.

Here are some of their reactions.

https://twitter.com/Segun_Gustav/status/1204910532370677761?s=20

#NEPAONSTRIKE

Nigeria self tire person😩
If you go to school, ASUU will strike, if you stay at home, Hunger will strike!
If you buy phone to start Yahoo NEPA will strike!
If you say make you go steal, Thunder will strike!

Ki wa ni gbogbo kati kati yi pic.twitter.com/cJdJHosRlP

— GoogleTheJokeMaster (@GoogleJokess) December 11, 2019

Well,
1. Nepa is on strike.
2. ASUU is about to go on strike .
3. Boko haram terrorists are now referred to as “militants”.
4. Social media bill is about to be passed into law .
5. Our dictator is still touring the world . 🙂 https://t.co/PHMRNp8EVm

— Israel 🥶 (@_israel_x) December 12, 2019

ASUU days are numbered. When members starts pulling out, their eyes will open. Is what you are fighting against not what Uniben is advocating for?? If it's that bad, I bet no school will admonish her staff to register. The strike is gonna be just ASUU president and few lecturers pic.twitter.com/N7vupThBVu

— AllBright (@All_Bright2) December 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/darkarinze1/status/1205030686605946880?s=20

https://twitter.com/kate_Gain/status/1205004646529589248?s=20

https://twitter.com/kate_Gain/status/1205004646529589248?s=20

Go on strike. If possible, stay for 5 years but just know that very soon the students will be so angry that the university environment will no longer be safe for lecturers.

— Okenwa (@UdochukwuOkenwa) December 12, 2019

There is more to this….y'all can't keep doing this….its like when u people want holiday u look for what to strike on…we the students…. Lame country

— Onah Paschalyn (@onah_paschalyn) December 12, 2019