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ASUU: We Don’t Have Money To Meet Lecturers’ Demands – Ngige

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour, has said that the federal government lacks the funds to satisfy some of the requests of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

On February 14, ASUU began a one-month warning strike.

The decision was made, according to the union, owing to the federal government’s failure to fulfill their agreement, which includes problems such as salary, the university revitalisation fund, and the implementation of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) payroll software.

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On Thursday night, Ngige told Channels Television that the N1.3 trillion revitalisation fund was a promise given to ASUU by former President Goodluck Jonathan when Nigeria’s finances were solid.

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s government told ASUU of its inability to honor the prior revitalization fund arrangement, but pledged to look into alternative funding possibilities for institutions, according to the Minister.

“The N1.3 trillion you’re referring to was promised by the (Goodluck) Jonathan government,” Ngige stated.
Oil was selling for $100 to $120 a barrel at the time, and the federation’s revenue was substantial.

“That government promised it, and they promised to initiate the payment.” They borrowed N200 billion from TETFund and paid it back. It was not deducted from the federation account. This payment continued to soar throughout 2016 — to our regime.

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“ASUU was invited to join a committee.” ‘We are going to drop N25 billion for you to demonstrate you in good faith that we are not talking nonsense,’ the government declared.

“That one got thrown out.” Another payment was made last year since the committee was unable to come up with a way to generate revenue.

“We don’t have it. The government didn’t say we are going to pay N1.1trillion that is remaining. They said we don’t have this money and under the principle of capacity and ability to pay, let us renegotiate it because TETFund is still there.

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“Unless you want us to take money from TETFund and deceive you like it was done in that period.”

 

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