Naija News reports that the union clarified the situation in reaction to reports credited to Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, that the government released N163 billion to public universities from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
This online news platform recalls that Ngige had made the statement in Abuja on Monday while speaking with journalists after a closed-door reconciliatory meeting with the leadership of the union.
“Government has released about N163 billion from TETFund account to universities. So, we have gotten some substantial agreement in most of the areas of the agreement,” the minister had said.
“Most of the issues are being resolved, so they are going to go back to their members and present government’s offer to their council,” Ngige had added.
Reacting, ASUU in a statement issued by Ade Adejumo, the union’s Ibadan Zonal Coordinator, called on the government to stop “misinforming” Nigerians.
Adejumo said: “For the umpteenth time, let it be known that our union is a patriotic organisation whose activities are driven by principled conviction that the resources of the country can better be managed for the ultimate benefit of the Nigerian society, especially the education sector which is our immediate constituency.
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