The
Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday put the weight of the
ongoing strike on the Federal government as it said that the university
strike would be called off 24 hours after the federal government
accepts the new resolutions reached with President Goodluck Jonathan on
November 4.
Recall that the Union had conducted a referendum late last week,
where 60 per cent of the lecturers voted for the re-opening of the shut
schools.
relatively, in a swift reaction to a statement credited to the
Education Minister , Nyesom Wike, the Union said that Wike’s assertion
that ASUU was making new outrageous demands was “untrue and absolute
lie.”
ASUU had avowed that it only asked the president to ensure that the
resolution reached at the meeting was endorsed and signed by a reputable
government official, preferably, the Attorney-General of the
Federation, and would object to having a permanent secretary sign the
agreement.
ASUU said a representative of the body, including the President of
the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwahid Omar, would stand as witnesses.
The union had requested that N200 billion agreed by both the federal
government and the lecturers as 2013 revitalisation fund for public
universities must be kept in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for
disbursement to relevant universities.
While speaking with the Nations Newspaper on Wednesday, the National
Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, said the Union appreciated the effort of
President Jonathan but observed that the letter sent to the Union does
not include some of the resolutions reached with the President.
He said that, the supervising Minister of Education was not telling
the truth for not disclosing that apart from the N30 billion earned
allowances released for university staff, the government has not
released the N100billion.
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