Following the provision of N30 billion by the Federal Government to support university councils in settling the “Earned Allowances” of university workers, the FG has asked the lecturers to put an end to the strike.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, announced at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice Chancellors of Public Universities that the amount would be disbursed to the various university councils,
which were in position to know, who was entitled to what and how much, after verification.
However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had earlier described the government’s N30 billion offer as insufficient, saying they would not call off their eight-week-old strike unless government implements to the latter the 2009 agreement it had with the union.
The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had estimated that it would cost the government N92 billion to implement the agreement to the latter as it relates to earned allowance.
The Federal Government might have made the request but since the University lecturers are still adamant on having their requests met, the strike continues…
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