FG Yet To Fulfill Agreement -ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has
revealed that it is yet to receive allocations which were
agreed upon last year with the Federal Government.

This was disclosed by the National President of the
union, Dr. Nasir Fagge on Monday.
Fagge explained that the Minister for Education,
Nyesom Wike, who is the head of the implementation
committee, is always busy and this has prevented him
(Wike) from having regular meetings with the union.

He however hopes that when the minister returns to the
country, the 2013 allocation for revitalisation of the
country's universities will be disbursed accordingly.

"The minister has been busy all this while and now he
has travelled again. We had requested that someone
who is less busy be given to us so that we can have
regular meetings but it has not been the case.

"We hope that when the minister returns from his
latest trip, our 2013 allocation out of the N200 billion
for the revitalisation of our universities will be disbursed.

"Part of our agreement also was the fact that our
annual allocation of N220 billion will be made available
on a quarterly basis.

"So, we expect that part of the amount for the first
quarter will be disbursed as well when we finally meet,"
Fagge explained.

Meanwhile, the union is set to meet today at Adekunle
Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Akure, Ondo state
to attend to some 'emergencies' in the institution.

"We shall address the press in Akure today on some
issues which need urgent attention in the school,"
Fagge said.