they would suspend strike within 24 hours once the new
resolutions reached with President Goodluck Jonathan on
November 4 were accepted.
The Union, however, described the statement credited to the
Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, that ASUU was making
new outrageous demands as "untrue and absolute lie."
The union said it asked President Jonathan to facilitate the
endorsement of resolutions reached with him and signed by
high ranking government official preferably the Attorney-
General of the Federation but not a permanent secretary.
ASUU said a representative of the body including the President
of Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwahid Omar, would stand
as witnesses.
The union said it wanted the N200 billion agreed upon as 2013
revitalisation fund for public universities to be warehoused
with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and disbursed to the
benefiting universities.
ASUU's position was conveyed by the union National
Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, who spoke to The Nation in
Ibadan on Wednesday.
He said the union appreciated the intervention of President
Jonathan but noticed that some of the resolutions reached with
the President were not included in the letter sent to the union.
According to him, the supervising Minister of Education was
economical with the truth by not telling Nigerians that apart
from the N30 billion earned allowances released for university
staff, the government was yet to release the N100 billion
claimed to have been released.
Via: Thisday
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