A dramatic turn of event on the strike ongoing in
universities may actually be the end to the over
100days strike embarked upon by the Academics
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Report
according to impeccable media sources has it
the both ASUU and the Federal Government
have sheathe their sword and an agreement has
been reached and that the ASUU is awaiting the
Federal Government to sign the new agreement
reached to enable it call off the strike.
Our Source disclosed that the Federal
Government has agreed to be spending the sum
of N200bn annually for the next four years in
the quest to raise the standard of our varsity
education to the world class standard. This is in
addition to the N100 billion dedicated and
already made available for 2013.
The government has also increased to N40
billion as a first installment, funds for the
payment of earned allowances to the striking
lecturers, an improvement from the N30 billion
previously released.
This information is contained in an internal
Federal University of Otuoke statement by
Professor Bolaji Aluko, its Vice-Chancellor, seen
on Wednesday night by SaharaReporters.
On the earned allowances, he explained,
“Government will top it up with further releases
once universities are through with the
disbursement of this new figure of N40 million,
so Vice-Chancellors are urged to expedite this
disbursement within the shortest possible time
using guiding templates that have been sent by
the CVC,” the circular said.
Professor Aluko said the development followed
meetings on September 19 and Oct 11 of
representatives of the Association of Vice-
Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, led by CVC
Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of ATBU and ASUU
Representatives led by its President, Dr. N.
Fagge with the Vice-President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Arc. Namadi. Sambo,
Minister of Education Barr. N. Wike and others.
Of great interest to stakeholders, Vice-President
Sambo, appealing to ASUU to call off the strike,
apologized for the “take-it-or-leave-it”; comments
credited to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala at the onset of the strike. The
Minister did not seem to have been involved in
either meeting, perhaps as the government’s
way of soothing the feelings of the university
teachers.
Among other agreement reached, Prof. Aluko
further stated that a signed document will soon
be issued to itemize the full issues on which the
consensus he had outlined here, as brokered by
AVCNU, was reached.
With this level of agreement, it is expected that
the Nigeria will soon sigh and sigh of relief as
ASUU is expected to call-off its strike any
moment from now.



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I smell lies.

Titiluvly: Eagerly waiting

Students can keep there fingers crossed,the strike might be called off in a matter of days.

DonColz1: I smell lies.

who dey lie?FG or ASUU?.

Story' make una sha call off this devilish delay abeg'