Despite the resolve on Thursday by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, to continue the on-going strike until
all agreements signed in 2009 are reached,
the federal government, on Friday, ordered
that lecturers should go back to classrooms
after it had disbursed the sum of N30
billion for earned academic allowances.
The directive which was
given by the secretary to the
government of the federation, Sen Anyim
Pius Anyim, during a meeting between the
federal government and the vice-chancellors
of the 61 public universities, stated that
"Government, hereby, urges every staff of the
nation's universities to return to work as all
issues are being resolved."
He said with particular reference to the
contentious issue of earned allowances,
every staff of the universities that is so
entitled should verify his claim with the
university council and accordingly get paid
as "from the foregoing, it is obvious that
government has demonstrated sufficient
commitment to the implementation of the
2009 FG/ASUU agreement.
"After series of discussions, government has
now provided N30 billion to support the
university councils in settling the earned
allowances. The amount will be disbursed to
the various university councils which are in
the position to know who is entitled to how
much after verification."
He revealed that "Traditionally, universities
pay this to deserving staff but because of
the amount which ASUU now claims as
arrears, government has decided to assist
the university councils to pay" as
government did not receive any computation
of amount involved until February, 2013.
"By this computation, ASUU is claiming N92
billion as arrears for three year's payment
based on percentage rage of between 15 and
20 per cent of personnel cost."
While there was consensus that revitalising
the tertiary institutions is of critical
importance to the nation, Anyim noted that
"when put together, the amount of funds
from the budgetary and non-budgetary
sources that goes into the sector is quite
huge but without corresponding impact.
While acknowledging the contributions of the
Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, Senior
Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU,
National Association of Nigerian Students,
NANS, and other stakeholders, Anyim
reiterated the government's resolve 'to
bringing the students back to school and
appreciated the patience of parents and
students as government is making every
effort to revitalise the university system."
It would be recalled that on July 2, 2013,
ASUU declared what it called "total and
indefinite strike" over issues it says has
remained unresolved pertaining to an
agreement it reached with government in
2009.

where is the source

OP we are tired of hearing all these.

God...............please come and intervene for helpless students of this country. See how ASUU and FG are playing chess with our future

Fg releases 130bn to universities...it was live on a.i.t and channels t.v strike will b ova sooner dan xpectd

Elfree: Fg releases 130bn to universities...it was live on a.i.t and channels t.v strike will b ova sooner dan xpectd

guy its 30billion and not 130billion !!.confirm nd correct ur mistake ooo!

Home chilling *As if dat still bothers me* Dey shud take their cos I'm enjoyin ds their yearly festival