ASUU STRIKE LATEST : ASUU Demanding 100 billion from FG (READ DETAILS)

THE Federal Government will engage the leadership of Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) in a crucial talks today, in a move to end the ongoing
strike by the union.
Minister of Education, Professor Ruqa’yyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, made this known
in Abuja, on Monday, saying reasonable progress had been made in the
ongoing efforts to get the lecturers back to classroom.
She noted that a presidential intervention of N100 billion had been released
to the implementation committee of the Needs Assessment Report, which
has the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, as chairman.
Professor Rufa’i, who spoke while declaring open the mid-term review of
the four-year strategy plan for the development of the education sector, said
this was to address some of the identifiable challenges in the nation’s
university system.
She said it was as a result of the resolve to address all challenges facing
the sector that assessments of each area of the education sector were
carried out.
“We have done this for the federal unity schools and it is helping in their
transformation. The recent one carried out for all public universities has led
to a presidential intervention to ensure that challenges identified are given
due attention.
“As a result, N100 billion has been committed to this and the president has
inaugurated an implementation committee chaired by Governor Suswam,”
she said.
The minister said the implementation of the four-year strategic plan
(2011-2015) was on course, stressing that credible progress had been
made in the six focal areas as outlined in the plan.
She reaffirmed the commitment to move the sector ahead, saying “we shall
continue to dig deep and identify further challenges and address them.”
Professor Rufa’i, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders to continue to show
understanding, support and partnership, noting that “our actions today will
define where we are tomorrow.”
She added that government would continue to dialogue with ASUU in order to
end the ongoing strike that had crippled academic activities in
government’s universities in Nigeria.

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