The Chairman of the Universities Needs Implementation Committee and Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam on Tuesday maintained that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should call off its strike base on the N130 billion government's offer. Speaking with State House correspondents in Abuja, he said the Federal Government has decided to inject N100 billion into the infrastructures of 61 universities in the country and N30 billion for staff allowances. ASUU had asked for N87 billion for the cummulated earned allowances of staff based on the agreements reached with the Federal Government in 2009. For shifting ground from no money to agreeing to assist the Governing Councils of universities with the N30 billion for the earned allowances, Suswam said that ASUU should reconsider its stance. According to him, the federal government will meet the universities' councils and vice chancellors this week to update them on the decisions taken so far and to certify those that are really entitled to the N30 billion to be released for the earned allowances. READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/44387.html via PIcturez Magazine
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