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There could be a delay in the implementation of the agreement between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Aloysius Etok, has said that the ongoing negotiations between the duo would be null and void without the input of National Wages and Salaries Commission.
During an oversight tour of the Commission, senator Etok said that under no guise should the Federal Government negotiate salary or wage increase without the input of the relevant commission.
“They should avoid the issue of sentimental increase or negotiation and there should be no exceptions. Four months is about a semester.”
Etok further stated that the commission was expected to have played a prominent role in the 2009 agreement reached between the Federal Government and ASUU.
He, according to VANGUARD demanded explanations from the commission why its impact wasn’t felt on civil servants salaries crises that threaten some sectors of the economy from time to time.
He also called for the immediate release of the withheld part of the 2013 budget of the commission so that the commission can implement its budget to the full.
“The Wages Commission has been up and doing in everything concerning wages and salaries in this country” said the Chairman of the commission, Dr. Richard Egbule,
“When the controversial agreement was reached in 2009, we were there but not as negotiators. We made it known to them that the route they were going was wrong. Today, I wish to say that ASUU did not go on strike because of salaries because we handled it very well.
“What is controversial was the excess workload allowance, but we have asked them to employ more lecturers to avoid excess workload.
“There has never been a time any agency was asked to go and compute its own salary, but they allowed ASUU to do so. We needed a structural increase where government agency would be factored in.”
He noted that successive leaderships of ASUU had established the culture of using industrial action to announce their arrival.
During an oversight tour of the Commission, senator Etok said that under no guise should the Federal Government negotiate salary or wage increase without the input of the relevant commission.
“They should avoid the issue of sentimental increase or negotiation and there should be no exceptions. Four months is about a semester.”
Etok further stated that the commission was expected to have played a prominent role in the 2009 agreement reached between the Federal Government and ASUU.
He, according to VANGUARD demanded explanations from the commission why its impact wasn’t felt on civil servants salaries crises that threaten some sectors of the economy from time to time.
He also called for the immediate release of the withheld part of the 2013 budget of the commission so that the commission can implement its budget to the full.
“The Wages Commission has been up and doing in everything concerning wages and salaries in this country” said the Chairman of the commission, Dr. Richard Egbule,
“When the controversial agreement was reached in 2009, we were there but not as negotiators. We made it known to them that the route they were going was wrong. Today, I wish to say that ASUU did not go on strike because of salaries because we handled it very well.
“What is controversial was the excess workload allowance, but we have asked them to employ more lecturers to avoid excess workload.
“There has never been a time any agency was asked to go and compute its own salary, but they allowed ASUU to do so. We needed a structural increase where government agency would be factored in.”
He noted that successive leaderships of ASUU had established the culture of using industrial action to announce their arrival.