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Biodun Ogunyemi ON January 10, 2019 12:13 PM / IN Education / Comments The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), says it is yet to
conclude consultations with its
members on the possible agreement
presented by the Federal Government. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi ASUU President, Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi, who spoke in an interview
on Thursday in Abuja, said the union
was still consulting. The Minister of Labour and
Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, on
Monday met with the striking lecturers
at a reconciliatory meeting. READ ALSO: Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Agree On Jan. 23 For Transmission Of Bill Ngige said some agreement had been
reached, that the Federal Government
had released N15.4 billion for the
payment of the salary shortfalls, which
was one of the major demands of the
union. “On the issue of salaries in tertiary
institutions, especially in universities,
the Ministry of Finance and the Office
of the Accountant- General provided
evidence that as at Dec. 31, 2018 the
Federal Government had remitted N15.4 billon. “Also on the issue of Earned
Allowances in the universities system,
they also showed us evidence that Mr
President has approved the N20 billion
to be used to offset the outstanding
arrears of the 2009 and 2012 audit verified earnings, in the university
system, “he said. The minister however, said that the
fund was being worked on, and would
be released to ASUU as soon as the
process was completed. Ngige also told the striking workers to
take the possible agreement reached
back to their members and should get
back to Federal Government on
Thursday, Jan. 10 for possibly calling
off the strike embarked upon since Nov. 4, 2018. According to the ASUU president, the
strike is still on, the minister that said
we should go and consult and get back
to the Federal Government on
Thursday. ” So, we are still consulting and will be
getting back to the Federal
Government today, ”he added.(NAN)