A dramatic turn of event on the strike ongoing in universities may actually be the end to the over 100days strike embarked upon by the Academics Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Report according to impeccable media sources has it the both ASUU and the Federal Government have sheathe their sword and an agreement has been reached and that the ASUU is awaiting the Federal Government to sign the new agreement reached to enable it call off the strike. Our Source disclosed that the Federal Government has agreed to be spending the sum of N200bn annually for the next four years in the quest to raise the standard of our varsity education to the world class standard. This is in addition to the N100 billion dedicated and already made available for 2013. The government has also increased to N40 billion as a first installment, funds for the payment of earned allowances to the striking lecturers, an improvement from the N30 billion previously released. This information is contained in an internal Federal University of Otuoke statement by Professor Bolaji Aluko, its Vice-Chancellor, seen on Wednesday night by SaharaReporters. (Extracted from SaharaReporters). Letz watch the next couple of hours to know how solid the story is. Urs truly.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:42:32 +0000
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