The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the University Academic Staff Union (ASUU) for failing to maintain the end of the agreement by canceling the strike on December 9, 2020 as agreed. The federal government has denied the claims of union president prof. Bioduna Ogunyemi that she did not fulfill her promises to cancel the eight-month-old strike. In a statement issued on December 8, Labor and Employment Minister Chris Ngige said it was unfair for an academic body to make such a claim. According to him, at the last meeting on November 27, ASUU agreed to cancel the strike before December 9, but did not fulfill the promise. “The truth of the matter is that a ‘gentleman agreement’ was reached at the last meeting in which ASUU agreed to call off the strike before December 9, 2020, and the Minister, in turn, agreed that once the strike is called off, he would get a presidential waiver for ASUU to be paid the remainder of their salaries on or before December 9.”
“For instance, the Federal Government promised to constitute a Negotiation Committee for the 2009 Agreement and has fulfilled it with the last week’s inauguration of the committee that has Prof Muzali as chairman.
“The N40b Earned Academic Allowances have also been processed just as the N30b revitalization Fund, bringing it to N70 billion. Likewise, the Visitation Panels for the Universities have been approved by the President but the panel cannot perform its responsibilities until the shut universities are re-opened.
“The gazetting is also being rounded off at the Office of the
Attorney-General of the Federation while the Ministry of Education is
ready to inaugurate the various visitation panels.” the statement in part read.
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