An end may be in sight for the lingering
strike of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, as the Federal
Government is said to be offering N30
billion as earned allowances to the
striking university lecturers.
According to a top official of the Federal
Ministry of Education, due to the
dwindling revenue base of the
government, it was ready to offer N30
billion to the striking lecturers to end the
strike.
The official believes government’s
position is a sincere approach in ending
the strike amid dwindling revenue
profile occasioned by oil theft and
macro-economic measures aimed at
diversifying the economy.
All the demands of the striking lecturers
had been resolved except one, the issue
of ‘earned allowances’, which they have
put at N87 billion.
The N30 billion, which the federal
government was offering, according to
the source, was in the conviction that
considering the nation’s current revenue
base, ASUU would make some sacrifices
and go back to work in the interest of
the students and the country at large.
The source added that the government
was desirous of a holistic and
sustainable solution to the problems
bedeviling the entire education sector,
with a focus on infrastructure
development, which the federal
government had set up the Governor
Gabriel Suswam-led University Needs
Implementation Committee to handle.
The NEEDS Implementation Committee
had announced on Tuesday, that N100
billion would be made available to
universities for infrastructure
development.

Atleast FG don respond to thier grievances.mk ASUU collect am now b4 FG change their mind oo

2nd to ............

Source pls??

d funny tin is dat ASUU won't still agree.imagine 87 billion for allowances.d gov has tried but greedy ASUU will not

no source and you expect us to believe this with all this anonymous officials that don't have name,,make I waka pass

OP is this your source? http://alariwo.net/fg-offers-ASUU-n30bn-asks-lecturers-to-make-sacrifices-and-resume-work/

Jst passin ni

Jst passn 2 ni,i wish its true

Is this a joke or something?

obi4eze: OP is this your source? http://alariwo.net/fg-offers-ASUU-n30bn-asks-lecturers-to-make-sacrifices-and-resume-work/

u are the op using diff usernames, sodat we can click on ur blog abi?
Old trick.

lymelyte: Atleast FG don respond to thier grievances.mk ASUU collect am now b4 FG change their mind oo

And u lost because most ASUU members' children are not here.

Infact dis ASUU sef shuld wait til end of month,let my Oga pay my salary first, after waiting fo them to cal off I had to STRUGGLE en HUSTLE HARD fo a job..

ferdimako:

And u lost because most ASUU members' children are not here.

Fyi,i nor be your mate oo.i don graduate since.i just dey pity some of una wen dem nor wan let graduate

This ASUU/Fg conundrum remains an enigma to me.This country is already grounding. The manifestations are on the streets and faces of all Nigerians. The day of reckoning is coming that's all what i can say.

MOD pls verify n move this to front page. FG shd step up 4rm dat 30. Wateva be d economy,if it does affect d allowances of senators then it shd nt affect lecturers'.