The federal government of Nigeria has reached an agreement with ASUU, raising the possibility of ending the lecturers’ prolonged industrial action.
Premium Times quoted the national president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, as saying that the National Executive Committee of the union will review its decisions based on the new commitment by the federal government.
According to him, the ongoing strike could only be called off or not after the NEC meeting.
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He, however, did not say when the meeting will hold.
After the meeting today, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said an agreement had been reached.
According to him, the accountant general and the ministry of finance have confirmed with evidence that N15.4 billion had been released to cover funding in public universities.
On earned allowances, Mr Ngige said President Buhari has approved N20 billion to be used to offset the outstanding arrears of the 2009 to 2012 audit verified earnings in the universities.
He said the earned allowances will be released to ASUU as soon as the process is completed.
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