http://world-newspapper..com/2013/08/fg-pays-n130bn-to-universities-councils.html

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FG Pays N130bn to Universities Councils, Asks ASUU to call Off Strike
By Senator Iroegbu and Chineme Okafor in Abuja            
The Federal Government yesterday asked striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to get back to their classrooms and resume work while all contending issues are being resolved as it had disbursed N130 billion to their governing Councils.

While reeling out a number of agreements government has had with the executives of ASUU since they commenced the strike, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim in Abuja ordered the striking lecturers to return to their duty posts saying that the Federal Government has shown enough commitment to ending the strike but that the lecturers are being inconsiderate with their demands.

Anyim's reaction however came on the heels of recent threat by ASUU to discontinue further deliberations with the government team over the strike.

The current strike which began on July 1followed failure of the government to implement a 2009 agreement on public universities funding it signed with the union.

But Anyim said: "Government is making every effort to revitalise the university system, by this demonstration of clear commitment to revitalise the university system, government hereby urges every staff of the nation's universities to return to work as all issues are being resolved."

He also set-off the disbursement of N130 billion sourced by the Gabriel Suswam led NEEDS implementation committee and the Federal Government for revitalising infrastructures within the university system and settlement of earned allowances arrears.

He noted that most of the issues contained in the 2009 agreement, which necessitated the current strike had been fully met except for the earned allowances which ASUU pegged at N92 billion.

According to him: "On July 2, 2013, ASUU declared what it called, "total and indefinite strike" over issues it says have remained unresolved pertaining to an agreement it reached with government in 2009.

“It is pertinent to narrate the genesis of the 2009 agreement, ASUU went on strike action in 2006 based on their request for a review of personnel matters, on account of this, government initiated a Needs assessment of the university system comprising federal and states universities, the negotiations led to the 2009 agreement.

"Some of issues which bothered on amendment of pensionable retirement age of academics in the professorial cadre, consolidated peculiar allowances (CONPUAA), exclusively for university teaching staff, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), setting up of budget monitoring committee in all public universities have been fully implemented," he added.

He further said that areas where government hands were tied like the transfer of Federal Government landed property to universities have been clearly explained why it would not be possible to implement such aspects.
"Government has been clear that it cannot transfer government landed property to ASUU because it has no structure to manage or maintain such property.
“Government is however willing to support any council that sets up a property company with management structure to compete with others in the industry," he stated.
Also in a related development, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i said that she expected ASUU to suspend the strike going by the latest action of government.
Source: Thisday

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Thank GOD ndthanks 4 d news guy,atlst d gov has tried there best na

Oya ASUU over to U, is either u Manage it or u wil see it Never