Wednesday , March 27 2024

Breaking! ASUU Rejects Government Offer, Says Strike Continues

Hopes of many students that they would soon return to school have been dashed as Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rejects government offers, insisting that strike continues.

Recall that when ASUU’s leadership met with Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment on Tuesday, he said the labour dispute with the university teachers was on the verge of being resolved.

According to Ngige, the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Ministry of Finance presented evidence that N15.4billion had been released to public universities.
On earned academic allowances, he said President Muhammadu Buhari approved N20billion to offset arrears of the 2009 to 2012 verified earnings by university teachers.

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However, speaking with Premium Times on Saturday, ASUU president Biodun Ogunyemi, said upon reviewing the offers made by the government, members of the union across various campuses and zones rejected it.
“Our members have rejected tokenism with respect to outstanding revitalization fund of N1.1 trillion. They are insisting that government should release at least one tranche of N220 billion spread over four quarters of 2019.
“On earned academic allowances, our members said government’s proposed amount out of the verified balance should not be less than the total amount released last time, while evidence of mainstreaming the allowances into the 2019 budget should be shown. Also, timeline should be attached to payment of the balance of the arrears.

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“The revitalization fund and earned academic allowances are the two critical areas on which our members feel strongly about. They expect necessary adjustments on the part of government before they can reconsider their decision on the ongoing strike action,” Ogunyemi said.

This is coming as a sad news to many students who had thought that resumption of academic activities was around the corner.

Source: Daily Post

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3 comments

  1. Okonkwo Mary ogechukwu

    This is a real sad news, the federal government should please have us their children and settle with Ansuu. Am tired of this strike issue

  2. Ooohhh my God!!! I Don tire to stay for house. May God help us

  3. chinweuba Tobechi

    What is all this?

    I was actually hoping on going back to school next week..

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