ASUU Strike: We Can't Meet Your N284bn Demand- FG Tells Lecturers

0 KIKI GIST Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has stated that the federal government cannot meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Speaking on Wednesday, Ngige said while FG has met most of the demands tabled by the lecturers, it can't meet the union’s demand for earned allowance running into N284bn, especially with the economy in recession.
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The earned allowance is the only one that is not sorted out now because everybody knows and agrees that we are in recession.

“If we are in a recession and you are asking us to pay you N284bn, nobody will pay it because the money is not there.

He also said government had conceded to the union the right to exclude endowment funds that accrued to universities from the Treasury Single Account.