VP Namadi Sambo and ASUU
Representatives led by Dr. Fagge
By SaharaReporters, New York
Towards ending the ongoing ASUU
strike, the Federal Government has
committed to spending N200 billion in
the 2014 budget on the universities as
well as on each of the next three-four
years until the universities are brought
to world-class standard. This is in
addition to the N100 billion dedicated
and already made available for 2013.
The government has also increased to
N40 billion as a first installment, funds
for the payment of earned allowances
to the striking lecturers, an
improvement from the N30 billion
previously released.
This information is contained in an
internal Federal University of Otuoke
statement by Professor Bolaji Aluko, its
Vice-Chancellor, seen on Wednesday
night by SaharaReporters.
On the earned allowances, he
explained, “Government will top it up
with further releases once universities
are through with the disbursement of
this new figure of N40 million, so Vice-
Chancellors are urged to expedite this
disbursement within the shortest
possible time using guiding templates
that have been sent by the CVC,” the
circular said.
Professor Aluko said the development
followed meetings on September 19 and
Oct 11 of representatives of the
Association of Vice-Chancellors of
Nigerian Universities, led by CVC
Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of ATBU and
ASUU Representatives led by its
President, Dr. N. Fagge with the Vice-
President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Arc. Namadi. Sambo, Minister
of Education Barr. N. Wike and others.
Of great interest to stakeholders, Vice-
President Sambo, appealing to ASUU to
call off the strike, apologized for the
"take-it-or-leave-it" comments credited
to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala at the onset of the
strike. The Minister did not seem to
have been involved in either meeting,
perhaps as the government’s way of
soothing the feelings of the university
teachers.
Other points of agreement at the
meetings include the following:
Project Prioritization: Universities will
now be allowed to determine their
priorities and not be “rail-roaded” into
implementing a pre-determined set of
projects with respect to the NEEDS
assessment. Decisions are not to be
centralized.
TETFund Intervention: Government
assured that the operations of the
TETFund will not be impaired, and that
the regular TETFund intervention
disbursement to Universities will
continue, unaffected. So the NEEDS
assessment capital outlays are in
addition to regular TETFund
intervention.
Project Monitoring: A new
Implementation Monitoring Committee
(IMC) for the NEEDS Assessment
intervention for universities has been
set up to take over from the Suswan
Committee. The new one is under the
Federal Ministry of Education and
chaired by the Honorable Minister of
Education. In addition, to build
confidence and ensure faithful
implementation and prevent any
relapse as before, the Vice President will
meet quarterly with the IMC to monitor
progress.
Blueprint: ASUU was mandated to
submit a blue print for revitalizing the
Universities to the Vice President.
Prof. Aluko further stated that a signed
document will soon be issued to itemize
the full issues on which the consensus
he had outlined here, as brokered by
AVCNU, was reached.

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could this be the end to d ongoing strike

Na only blink dem blink ni?
Make dem open eye sign this thing well o, I no wan hear say Government no wan fulfill this agreement again sake of say dem no gree again o. Make person no dey close eye sign things only make ASUU wey strike pass Emenike to wake up in 6months time say dem wan strike again come dey compete with Emenike dem for world cup.

Nice öne FG; ASUU go back to negotiation table.