Latest Update as ASUU Leaders Meet To Discuss FG's Offer

Fresh latest news revealed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet today to deliberate on the offers made by the Federal Government last Thursday in Abuja.

It was gathered that meeting will be on zonal levels nationwide, where the members would determine whether to accept the offers made to them or not.

According to the Chairman, UNIAbuja chapter of ASUU, Dr. Ben Ugheoke, the

Update on ASUU Strike: FG To Disburse N23bn To ASUU Next Week

The latest news as the Nigeria minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has disclosed that the Federal Government has made arrangement to release the sum of N23 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

According to report gathered he made this known while speaking on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by Senator Jibrin Barau.

According to him, plans are on ground to honour the agreement between the FG and ASUU.

He stated that the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had already approved a

Latest News as ASUU-FG Meeting Deadlocked, Minister Says Strike May Be Called-Off By Next Week

Current news trending now as the Federal Government’s efforts towards getting the the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)to call off its nationwide strike failed on Thursday as both parties did not agree on some issues.

Base on information gathered according to a source who was present at the meeting, the Federal Government promised to honour all of ASUU’s requests except the one regarding the TSA.

It was gathered that the government admitted wrongdoing and appealed to

Minister Of Education Assures that ASUU Strike May End In Two Days

Report reaching revealed that the Nigeria Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, yesterday said that the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), may end in two days.

It is reported that he disclosed this during an interview with newsmen. According to him, the present administration has a policy of engaging unions, including ASUU.

“I hope and believe that this would be a one or two days strike. We have a policy of

ASUP Warns Of Similar Crisis In Polytechnics as they Declares Support For ASUU Strike

Latest news update trending as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has declared support for the strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU.

The report gathered according to a statement signed by the Secretary General, of ASUP, Anderson Ezeibe, ASUU strike was aimed at restoring sanity to Nigerian universities.

The union called on the Federal Government to make efforts towards implementing the

We’re Waiting For Sack Letters, Say Defiant Lecturers

Striking lecturers in the nation’s public universities on Monday made good their decision not to return to work as directed by the Federal Government.

The striking teachers also refused to sign the attendance registers in their respective institutions as ordered by the government.

They said they were only waiting for the sack letters the Federal Government threatened to give them if they did not return to work.

In many of the universities visited by our correspondents, only administrative offices opened for business while the lecture rooms were empty. Particularly, lecturers’ offices remained shut.

Among some of the universities visited by our correspondents were the University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Calabar, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, and the University of Uyo.

Others are Obafemi Awolwo University, Ile-Ife, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.

The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, had urged the striking lecturers to

FG shows evidence of N200bn payment to ASUU

The presidential aide addressed the media on Wednesday.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has provided evidence that the Federal Government has opened an account for public universities at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

The opening of the account and disbursement of N200 billion to the universities within two weeks was one of the demands made by ASUU before they would call off the five months old strike.

ASUU president, Nasir Fagge, had stated in an interview with Channels TV that the opening of the account and the disbursement of the money to the Universities would make the lecturers call off the strike.

“Once that is done, and the committee that is supposed to disburse the funds starts working, our members will have no reason not to suspend the strike action,” he said.

Mr. Fagge had also addressed a press conference on Monday in which he stated that a central monitoring committee should be established to monitor the usage of the revitalisation fund and should submit quarterly reports to the Minister of Education.

Speaking to journalists in his office on Wednesday, Mr. Okupe showed reporters evidence of correspondences between the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, and the Central Bank.

The documents showed that on November 13, the AGF authorized the banking and payment system department of the Central Bank of Nigeria via a letter with reference number FD/OAGF/220/ADC/1/4DF to open a “revitalization of Universities Infrastructural Account” with the CBN.

Also, on November 29, the Central Bank confirmed in a letter reference BPSD/BSD/CON VOL 17/088 to the Accountant General of the Federation that the said account had been opened and an account number was given.

Mr. Okupe said prior to these, the Director of Funds in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, M.K. DIKWA, through a letter reference FD/LP2008/37/C/I/DF,and dated November 8, communicated with the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Universities Commission, NUC,Julius Okojie, requesting for the list of federal universities in Nigeria for the purpose of opening a Special Account for them.

Mr. Okupe said that on November 12, Mr. Okojie’s office, in a letter referenced NUC/ES/444/VOL15/280, responded to the request and gave the list of the universities with their various account numbers domiciled with the Central Bank.

“Following this, the Accountant General has communicated with the Executive Secretary requesting for the details of amount payable to each of the listed Universities which is currently being processed by the NUC,” Mr. Okupe said.

While speaking to Channels TV over the weekend, Mr. Fagge had wondered why the

ASUU to FG: Write to us on the deposited N200 Billion

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge, yesterday advised the government to write a letter informing the union of the deposited N200 billion.

The N200 billion is part of the N1.3 trillion demanded by ASUU which was agreed will be paid within six years between this year and 2018.

Government also promised that the funds will be ring-faced.

Reacting to the Presidency’s claim that N200billon had been deposited with the CBN for onward distribution to the universities, Fagge in a telephone interview last night said government should follow the due process and stop briefing reporters instead of writing to ASUU.

He said the letter should contain government’s response to the remaining three of the four conditions given by the union which are: That the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement in 2014 be included in the final document as agreed at the discussion with the President;

•That a non-victimisation clause which is normally captured in all interactions of this nature be included in the final document;

•And that a new Memorandum of Understanding shall be validly endorsed, signed by a representative of