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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STORIES! Just call off d strike and I'll believe.

Good news! FG should invest more in education and hold the lecturers responsible in the future.

I hope so.

Omg! Am i really the third to comment?

Thumps up ASUU







#teamASUU

Story Story Stories Bla Bla Bla.............

Make we dey see, no be to dey rake.

Though am hopeful they call it off but why is it only sahara reporters that published such news

After 4 years nko ?decay again

@ cumz, must u quote d whole write up only to type ok..u r definitely a learner but u must admit b4 u can be tutored.

Daddy-: story story! Daughter: story Daddy-: once upon a tym Daughter-: tym, tym Daddy-: and den d termite is now vexin, because d lion refuse 2 bow 2 him, and he now jump up up in d sky, and he killed d Lion.. Daughter-: Hey daddy u can lies, how can d termite kill d lion

ASUU needs to compromise

Bia ndi ara moderators a, why una close my thread?. Una don smoke kparaga dis early afternoon?

The Government has not yet meet our demands. We are going to continue with the strike until our demands are completely met.
No going back.

ignis: The Government has not yet meet our demands. We are going to continue with the strike until our demands are completely met.
No going back.

the government has not yet meet our demands
are u a lecturer or student?

yorex2011:

the government has not yet meet our demands
are u a lecturer or student?

lmao... Lif d gal naw.

Ok o. . . . I don't think this 40billion will ring a bell for ASUU. .So we should continue to sit at home till 2014

Graduate assistant FUTO on my mind...
New oyel company

u ve no option dan to accept dis offer oo @ ASUU
ASUU don cal off strike-una dey smell it

They should END it SOON!!.

No be after Dem tok, them no go do.

i smell politics here

Oya o ASUU. Walahi ASUU if una no call off this strike soon, yawa go gass o

ignis: The Government has not yet meet our demands. We are going to continue with the strike until our demands are completely met.
No going back.

Are you alright? Not only "meet", fish nko

Same story in a new version...

yung cyrus: Daddy-: story story! Daughter: story Daddy-: once upon a tym Daughter-: tym, tym Daddy-: and den d termite is now vexin, because d lion refuse 2 bow 2 him, and he now jump up up in d sky, and he killed d Lion.. Daughter-: Hey daddy u can lies, how can d termite kill d lion

how big man like you go dey play for nairaland? If your wife and children see this one nkor?

Will this stoP 9jA Undergraduates from garrilizing?........Juz curious.....

Whether they like it or not, they will call it off ... Nigeria my fatherland indeed!

GeneralShepherd: Graduate assistant FUTO on my mind...
New oyel company

are u in Futo