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ASUU Strike: Minister Ngige Meets Buhari, Reveals How Much FG Has Paid Lecturers So Far

By • June 4, 2022 • ASUU update Schools Gist

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing industrial strike action embarked by Academic Staff Union Of Universities.

Nigeria’s minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, March 1, met with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss issues surrounding the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. 

On addressing journalists in Abuja after the meeting with the president, said that he (Buhari) was satisfied with the briefing. Minister Ngige met with President Buhari over the ASUU strike.

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According to Daily Trust reports, Ngige said he also informed the president about the 2020 December agreement with ASUU which is already on course in terms of implementation. 

Then, he added that N40 billion for earned allowances and N30 billion for revitalization fee has already been paid to the union. 

He further made the clarification of the payment paid by the FG is the N22.7 billion payment from the supplementary budget which serves as earned allowances for 2021. Lamenting the incessant industrial action by the union, Ngige said that the federal government is not opposed to the payment of good salaries and emoluments to university lecturers.

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CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, Legit.Ng

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