The federal government has offered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) N65bn to resolve the ongoing strike which has lasted for 10 months.
Minister of
Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige made the proposal on behalf of the
government to the striking lecturers when they met in Abuja on Friday November
20.
He said the
negotiation was fruitful as the government has decided to shift grounds on the
lingering issues that have kept students out of the classroom for several
months.
Ngige told
reporters that the Accountant-General of the Federation ( AGF) has offered to
release N40 billion or in the alternative, N35 billion to be shared by all the
registered Trade Unions in the universities after providing necessary evidence
of having earned the allowance.
He said;
“The FG
reiterated that her offer of N40 billion or 35 billion whichever is accepted by
ASUU was for all the universities unions: ASUU had proposed that N40 billion be
paid immediately for all unions."
The Minister
who stated that all vice-chancellors are to submit details of the EAA/EA to the
National Universities Commission (NUC) on or before November 30, added that the
Federal Ministry of Labour and Federal Ministry of Education will review the
issue of “no work, no pay” as stipulated in Section 43 of the Trade Disputes
Act Cap T8 laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 with a view to getting
approval for the withheld salaries to be paid.
No comments:
Post a Comment