Minister of state for education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) cannot dictate to the federal government the type of platform to be used in paying their salaries.
Nwajuiba stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, while addressing journalists after receiving his presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) purchased for him by the Project Nigeria Group.
He said, “It is impractical and incongruous to continuously expect that somebody who is paid a salary continues to dictate to the someone who pays him: ‘This is how you must pay me’. This is where this anomaly is.”
He further appealed to ASUU to return to the classroom, saying that the government is working to address some of their concerns.
“We have pleaded with ASUU that ‘If there are any areas where your salaries fall short, kindly address them within the ambit of IPPIS because that’s what the government has now,” the minister added