FG cancels resumption ultimatum, pays N200b requested by ASUU

FG cancels resumption ultimatum,
pays N200b requested by ASUU
With the apparent stance of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities on non resumption until the
agreement between them and the Federal
government has been honored, the Federal
Government in a re-conciliatory move removed
the ultimatum earlier placed on lecturers to
resume otherwise their appointments would be
terminated. FG has also provided proof of
disbursement of N200billion to the educational
trust account which was one of the criteria earlier
given by lecturers for resumption.
Addressing newsmen yesterday, Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr
Doyin Okupe, showed a letter with reference
number GVD/DGO/GEN/MP/05/151 which was
addressed to the Auditor-General of the Federation
and titled: “Confirmation of the Execution of your
Mandate for the Credit of Account No…
Revitalization of Universities Infrastructure
Account.” Continue...
The letter stated: “I write to confirm the execution
of the following mandates by the Central Bank of
Nigeria for funding of the above mentioned account
as follows:
Mandate FD/LP2013/40/1/30/DF –
129,300,000,000.00
Mandate FD/F124/Vol XII/120/DF –
20,700,000,000.00
Mandate FD/LP2013/40/1/DF – 50,000,000,000.0
“I wish to further confirm that the available balance
in the aforementioned account is
N200,000,000,000.00 (Two Hundred Billion Naira
Only).
“Please, accept the assurances of my best
regards.”
As regards cancellation of the ultimatum, Doyin
Okupe said about 90% of the lecturers had
resumed nationwide so the talk of deadline
resumption has dropped.
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