FG condemns ASUU's new demands

The Federal Government,
yesterday, condemned the new
conditions which Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, insists must be
met before the five-month old strike
could be called off.
The three conditions were payment of
four months salaries, which
accumulated during the period of the
strike; immediate implementation of
the N1.2 trillion offered by the
government to public universities,
starting with the release of N100 billion
this year and the balance of N1.1 trillion
to be spread over five years from 2014.
The union also demanded that the
salary arrears must not be paid in
piecemeal.

These were some of the resolutions
reached by members of the National
Executive Council, NEC, of the union
that met in Kano on Friday.
Supervising Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike, condemned the new
conditions but assured that he would
present them before President
Goodluck Jonathan.
EBSU breaks ranks, recalls students
Meanwhile, the management of Ebonyi
State University, Abakaliki, EBSU,
yesterday ordered lecturers and
students of the institution to return to
classes following the inability of ASUU
to end its strike.
A statement by the Registrar of the
institution, Mr. Sam Egwu, stressed that
the institution had resolved to resume
academic activities regardless of the
ASUU-FG dispute, adding that academic
activities would resume in all the
campuses of the institution from today,
Tuesday, November 26.
EBSU chapter of ASUU however, said
that lecturers would not return to
classes until their demands were met in
line with the position of its national
body.
Source:VanguardNg