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Jonathan Directs Immediate Action To End ASUU Strike
By: Ebenezer Date: August 20, 2013, 12:59 pm
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday directed the two Federal
Government committees negotiating the requests by Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU),to take immediate measures at
ending theon-going strike.
The Chairman of the Universities Needs Implementation Committee,
Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, made this known after a
closed-door meeting of the two committees and other stakeholders
with President Jonathan at the State House.in Abuja.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo, the Chairman of the Earned
Allowance Committee and the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim werein attendance at the
meeting.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Also in attendance were, Ministers of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat
Rufai, Labour, Emeka Wogu, the Executive Secretary of National
Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okogie and the Chief of
Staff to the President,Chief Mike Oghiadome.
Speaking with State House correspondents, Suswam said that the
meeting was summoned by the President “to take some decisions
that would end the strike’’.
“The President has instructed us, as to what to do, and he has
shown a lot of commitments to flagging off projects worth about
N100 billion in all the universities in the country, about 61 of
them.
“So, we are hoping that we will be able to see the end of the
strike very soon.
“At the end of the day, we hope ASUU is satisfied with the
measures that have so far been taken.
“The federal government will also be meetingwith the
Universities Councils and Vice Chancellors of our universities
within the week towards updating them on some of thedecisions
taken,’’ he said.
Suswam said about N100 billion had been approved by the Federal
Government to his committee to address infrastructure deficit
inall the Universities.
“The president has graciously agreed that in the first week of
September he will be able toflag-off the projects.
“You also know that the procurement process will have to be
followed and these projects include hostels in our universities,
classrooms and theatres, libraries and laboratories among
others.
“Some are renovation some are new and all the 61 universities
are going to benefit from one project or another.
“So, it is not going to be selective, all the universities are
going to benefit from this infrastructural revitalisation of our
universities.
The governor said that the Earned Allowance Committee being
headed by the SGF, where there were contentious issues, would be
addressed.
“As you must have heard, the federal government made an offer of
N30 billion to assist the various Councils of our universities
to be able to pay the earned allowances,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls ASUU had rejected the
offer of the N30 billionby government and stood on its N87
billion demand to settle the earned allowances.
Asked whether government would be willingto shift ground on the
ASUU insistence, Suswam said negotiation was still on-going,
“The federal government has opted to also meet with the Councils
and Managements of the Universities, because Earned Allowance
issomething that can be certified by the management and councils
of the universities.
“I think that the government has demonstrated some substantial
faith,’’ he said.
NAN also recalls that the meeting between the striking
university lecturers and the federal government delegation on
Monday was reportedly deadlocked.
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