The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to call of its ongoing eight-month old strike and resume academic activities after the Federal Government (FG) increased its offer to the union to N70billion.
It was gathered that the FG also promised to pay N40 billion as the earned allowance and N30bn for the revitalisation of the university system bringing the total payment to N70 billion.
The decision followed a meeting with the government team led by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday.
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The government also promised to settle the arrears of salaries of the lecturers before December 31.
This is coming a week after the government agreed to exempt ASUU members from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) pending the approval of their proposed payment system, the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.
However, ASUU strike won’t be called off until after the union meets with its organs to communicate its agreement with the government (FG).
While addressing journalists after the meeting, Ngige said the parley as fruitful, adding that the government made a proposal to the union to take back to its members.
“Many issues were discussed at the meeting including salary shortfall, the payment system and revitalisation of the university system. I am positive that all the issues would be resolved at our next meeting,” he said.
ASUU had said the agreement should not be announced until its members approve it.
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