Christmas Bonus::::: ASUU demands payment of salaries ‘owed’
during strike period And More..

It has been reported yesterday that the Academic Staff Union of Universities did not
intend to call off the strike this week, and instead would pass
on more demands to the Presidency. This was one of the
decisions reached at its secret Executive Council meeting held
over the weekend.
One of these demands is the payment of salary arrears accrued
during the period the Union was on strike. ASUU members feel
they deserve to be paid during the period they were not
working.
Another demand being tabled by ASUU to the Presidency is the
immediate payment of N100 billion as part of the university
intervention fund, with the balance of N1.1 trillion spread over
the next five years.
Tempers flared at the meeting over the death of ASUU former
President, Festus Iyayi, and some ASUU members had initially
wanted to torpedo the negotiations with government as they felt
government was directly responsible for his death. However
cooler heads prevailed and it was decided that since President
Jonathan had been the first President to ever meet with ASUU
leadership over their grievances that they would honour him by
proceeding with negotiations. They also based their decision to
cater to the “welfare of parents and students”.
Another key decision reached at the NEC meeting was to have
the N1.2 trillion warehoused at the Central Bank of Nigeria and
released to the universities quarterly so as to prevent any
reneging of the agreement. The Trade Union Congress and the
National Universities Commission are also expected to be
guarantors of the agreement.