FG, ASUU Reach Agreement To Resume talks on Thursday

FG, ASUU Reach Agreement To Resume talks on Thursday, January 10th as direct its branches to call branches Congresses

The Nigerian government has reached an agreement with striking university lecturers, raising the possibility of ending the teachers’ prolonged industrial action.

ASUU Strike update

The lecturers have been on strike since November 4 to demand improved funding of universities and implementation of previous agreements with the government in VoiceAirMedia reports.
After a meeting Monday, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said an agreement had been reached.

According to him, the accountant general and the ministry of finance have confirmed with evidence that N15.4 billion had been released to cover funding in public universities.
On earned allowances, Mr Ngige said President Buhari has approved N20 billion to be used to offset the outstanding arrears of the 2009 to 2012 audit verified earnings in the universities.

He said the earned allowances will be released to ASUU as soon as the process is completed.VAM Nigeria

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the National Executive Committee of the union will review its decisions based on the new commitment by the federal government.

He said the strike could only be called off or not after the NEC meeting, in a reports received by VoiceAirMedia that the ASUU delegate finishes a meeting with FG, the delegate presents the report to it National Executive Council (NEC) which in turn direct its branches to call for branch Congresses on 10th Thursday, to determine if the strike is to be suspended or not.