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Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by paragon40(m): 10:59pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 04, (THEWILL) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Wednesday, declared that there is no victor, no vanquished in the current struggle between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He therefore pleaded with the union to resume duties, saying the Federal Government is committed to fulfilling the agreement reached with the lecturers. Declaring this at a media briefing in Abuja, Okupe said :‘’It has become necessary for us to show proof to the Nigerian public confirming our earlier statement that following the Presidential intervention on the ongoing strike by Nigerian University lecturers, President Goodluck Jonathan gave the required instructions to ensure the fulfillment of what was agreed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.’’ According to Okupe, ‘’On the 13th of November 2013, the office of the Accountant General of the Federation authorised the banking and payment system department of the Central Bank of Nigeria via a letter with reference number FD/OAGF/220/ ADC/1/4DF to open a “revitalisation of Universities Infrastructural Account” with the CBN. ‘’On the 29th of November, 2013, the CBN confirmed in a letter reference BPSD/BSD/ CON VOL 17/088 to the Accountant General of the Federation that the said account had been opened and an account number was given. ‘’Prior to all these, the Director of Funds in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation MK DIKWA, through a letter reference FD/LP2008/37/C/I/DF dated 8th of November communicated with the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Universities Commission requesting for the list of Federal Universities in Nigeria for the purpose of opening a Special Account for them. ‘’On the 12th November, 2013, the NUC through the office of the Executive Secretary, Prof Julius Okojie in a letter reference NUC/ ES/444/VOL15/280 responded to the request and gave the list of the Universities with their various account numbers domiciled with the CBN. ‘’Following this, the Accountant General has communicated with the Executive Secretary requesting for the details of amount payable to each of the listed universities which is currently being processed by the NUC. ‘’I state categorically that I have personally seen the balance in the account as of today and confirm that it contains the requisite amount and disbursement will commence as soon as on going administrative processes are sorted out.’’ Okupe stated further: ‘’ We want to re affirm that the President and this administration have no credibility issues whatsoever. Mr. President has always honored his words and obligations to the Nigerian people as and at when due. ‘’Finally, given due considerations to the four items mentioned by ASUU as preconditions to their calling off the strike, we state categorically that none of them remain substantially pending or weighty enough to justify the continuation of the strike. Therefore there are no further legitimate reasons for the strike by University teachers to continue a day any longer. ‘’We therefore call on Dr. Nasir Fagge, his distinguished colleagues in the ASUU leadership as well as other patriotic members of their union to put all else aside and call off this strike in the interest of our young men and women who have been kept out of school for five months and who have no recourse to any form of compensation whatsoever. ‘’Having come this far, we believe it is time that we all come together once again as major stakeholders in the affairs of the country and the educational sector in particular to move on and begin to chart a new course for advancing the sector and improving the standard of our institutions for higher learning. There is no victor or vanquished in this protracted disagreement.’’ |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by Sodiq3(m): 11:13pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
paragon40: BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 04,sauce? |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by OriginalJ: 11:17pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
bros are you a neophyte on nairaland? Include your source to the news nah. Although I kinda belive you sha, but for clarity sake, show us the source. As for the strike, it is as good as been called off. Except ASUU now want to publicly decalare to us that them don merge with APC. Buh sch nah still nxt year sha. |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by paragon40(m): 11:19pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by lipsyliscious: 11:48pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
Dey keep saying d other 3 reasons are nt weighty enough, bt ASUU is insisting, so they should just sign the damn new MOU! So we cn all move on |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by Nobody: 11:51pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
We are getting there |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by philfearon(m): 3:26am On Dec 05, 2013 |
I-pledge:Where are we getting to: FTC or End of Strike? |
Re: Fg Proves Payment Of 200 Billion Into Account by paragon40(m): 3:52am On Dec 05, 2013 |
lipsyliscious: Dey keep saying d other 3 reasons are nt weighty enough, bt ASUU is insisting, so they should just sign the damn new MOU! So we cn all move onokupke said that most of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, have been agreed upon at the 13-hour meeting they had with the President in October. “At the end of that meeting, the Government proposed that everything that has been agreed should be put in a memorandum of agreement and that the two parties should sign, but the leadership of ASUU declined and said instead of that, they would rather have a letter of comfort expressing everything that has been resolved therein, and that will suffice for them.” According to him, the Government agreed to their request and issued the said letter based on the agreement that the strike would be called off within 7 days. However, this did not happen “in spite of the fact that the ASUU leadership presented the letter of comfort to its chapters nationwide and a clear majority of them endorsed the resolutions reached and actually were more inclined towards calling off the strike.” |
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