ASUU Strike Update 2017/18: FG To Disburse N23Billion To ASUU Next Week
Tags: ASUU, ASUU Strike Update - Presently, News reaching us from National Newspapers is that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has told newsmen that the Federal Government has made fresh arrangement to release the sum of N23 billion Naira to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) very soon.
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According to national newspapers in Nigeria, it was reported He made this known while speaking on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by Senator Jibrin Barau.
Generally speaking, according to him, plans are on ground to honour the agreement between the FG and ASUU.
On the other hand, he stated that the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had already approved a total N53bn for the union so far, adding that the balance of N23bn would be released on Monday when the striking lecturers would receive the cheque.
ASUU and TSA Updates
Furthermore, he however said, “We didn’t agree with ASUU on their request that TSA should be taken out. I told them that it is not possible because it is a new policy and government is not going to change it for anyone.
Above all, “Concerning their salary short fall, we said the reason springs from universities employing people without proper authority.
Meanwhile, “For instance, a university can just decide to go and recruit 50 people without notifying IPPIS. Afterwords, what they are going to get is the money they got last month, which will not be sufficient for them. Moreover, we have told them that institutions should, henceforth, stop doing that and they accepted.
ASUU Strike Coming to an Ends Soon
Finally, the Minister went ahead and said that he is optimistic that the strike will be called of within then next one week maximum.
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