ASUU Breaking News This Morning, November 12
Brainnews returns this morning with the latest updates from the ASUU Strike across the nation.
Below is the latest update:
1. Ngige To Senators: We’re Addressing ASUU Strike Holistically
MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Wednesday said the Federal Government was addressing the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, holistically to ensure that all other unions in the university system were carried along.
The Minister said this while defending the budget of his Ministry before the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment.
Reacting to the concerns expressed by the senators on the prolonged ASUU strike, Senator Ngige told the committee that the Federal Government has met most of the demands of the union.
According to him, “Out of the eight demands of ASUU, the government has solved five. We have made N50 billion available. A total sum of N20 billion for the revitalisation of the universities and N30 billion for Earned Academic Allowances (EAA).
“The union agreed and went back to their members, only to return and say that the money for EAA should be for ASUU members alone, excluding other unions, namely, SSANU, NASU, and NAAT.”