Following the meeting between Vice President
Namadi Sambo and the leadership of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, last Friday, Scan
News can authoritatively reveal that appreciable
progress has been made as the Federal Government
may have shifted grounds once again. One of such
areas where the Federal Government shifted ground
is in the area of earned allowances.
Naijablaze.com source at the meeting told us that the
Federal Government has added N10billion to the
N30billion it initially released, making the funds
available for the payment of earned allowances,
N40billion. The Federal Government further agreed
to ensure that more funds will be released for the
continuation of the payment of earned allowances as
soon as the universities exhaust the N40billion.
It was also gathered that the Federal Government
announced the increment of the infrastructural
development fund from N100billion to N150billion,
while the leadership of ASUU was fully included in
the contract awarding and execution process.
The ASUU leadership had flayed Governor Suswam
committee for excluding it from the contract
awarding and execution process, after they
originated the idea of projects. ASUU leadership at all
levels will now be directly involved in the process
alongside Federal Government and Governing
Councils of Universities.
Scan News source added that the October 11
meeting further agreed that the respective governing
councils of the universities should determine projects
to be executed with the funds, while the Suswam
committee will henceforth take a back seat.
The Federal Government, it was learnt, informed
ASUU that the Federal and State Universities still
have over N100billion un-accessed at the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund, TETFund.
The ag. Executive Secretary of TETFund and the
Universities Governing Councils were directed to
immediately commence the process for the use of
these funds. With the development, the Federal
Government has injected N250billion to be used in
the revival of both Federal and State Universities.
This is the first time since Independence that such
holistic improvement in funding will ever take place
in the nation’s universities.
However, it was learnt that VP Sambo told the
Universities Governing Councils and ASUU members
now part of the contract awarding and execution
process that the Jonathan administration will not
tolerate any misappropriation of the funds. He
announced the setting up of a high powered
monitoring and evaluation committee for all the geo-
zones to ensure that the funds are judiciously used.
ASUU leadership at the meeting told the VP that they
were optimistic that their members would permit
them to call off the strike shortly after the Sallah
holiday. When Scan News called ASUU President, Dr
Nasir Fagge on Thursday morning, his line was
switched off.
However, another official who pleaded anonymity
said that the ASUU leadership has informed
members to their respective leadership and the
recent developments is receiving positive attention.
On the part of government, Dr MacJohn Nwaobiala,
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education,
told market women who protested last Monday that
the October 11 meeting was very fruitful and that
Nigerians will soon hear positive news on the ASUU
strike.
It would be recalled that on Friday October 11, Scan
News was the only medium that authoritatively
reported the meeting of VP Sambo and ASUU
leadership.
The VP was accompanied to the meeting by
Supervising Minister of Education, National
Universities Commission, TETFund, while some Vice
Chancellors and Governing Councils witnessed the
meeting.

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