The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
on August 22, 2013, Thursday, described the
statement credited to the Coordinating Minister
of the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as highly embarrassing.
The statement said that the lecturers were
making a fresh demand from the Federal
Government.
Dr. Usman Abubakar, ASUU zonal coordinator
in Bauchi, told the newsmen that ASUU was not
making fresh demand, but asking for the
implementation of existing agreement, while the
Minister’s position was opposite.
“Contrary to the Minister’s assertion that “ASUU
is demanding for N92 billion”, we wish to
inform the public that the said amount is a debt,
not a demand. It is a debt the Federal
Government is owing staff of affected
universities (both academic and non-academic)
over a period of four years. The Federal
Government has to pay, if it has to show signs
of a responsible and honorable government.”
The ASUU coordinator also expressed shock at
the insincerity and antics of the government,
saying the Minister’s pronouncement was a
deliberate and calculated attempt to blackmail
ASUU, confuse the public and reduce ASUU’s
patriotic cause to a mere payment of
allowances.
According to Dr. Abubakar, the Minister’s
comment is an indication that government had
no intention of honouring the agreement,
saying “how could the minister have made the
claim of no money to honour the agreement
when the finance ministry was represented
throughout the negotiations in the 2009 ASUU/
FGN agreement and the MoU.
THIS COULD BE SEEN AS BEEN
DISHONOURABLE AND DECEIT ACT OF THE FG.
Source:
http://gbadunaija..com/2013/08/fg-denies-been-indebted-to-ASUU-says.html?m=1

Who cares? They either resolve the strike or stop exchanging irrelevant argument.

Bullsh......