All entreaties to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to accept the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information system (IPPIS) as a platform for payment of lecturers fell on deaf ears during the peace move initiated by the House of Representatives, head by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, to resolve the impasse between the striking lecturers and the Federal Government.
In the third of a series of meetings at the instance of the leadership of the House on Thursday to broker peace, no agreement was reached yet.
In the meeting that lasted about three hours, it was an atmosphere filled with tension and emotion that led to raised voices and arguments that the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, tried to manage rising tempers.
Also, at a point, the leader of the House, Alhassan Doguwa, inferred ASUU was being unreasonable as he said there was no grounds ASUU should reject the options offered by the Federal Government to address the issue.
He said all stakeholders including the House were on one page, while ASUU was on the other.
With the latest developments so far, ASUU Strike still continues.