FG Offers ASUU N30bn, Asks Lecturers To Make Sacrifices And Resume Work.

An end may be in sight for the
strike of the Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU,as the FG is
said to be offering N30 billion as
earned allowances to the striking
university lecturers.
According to the report, due to
the reserverevenue base of the
government, it was ready to offer
N30 billion for lecturers to end the
strike.
All the demands of the striking
lecturers had been resolved except
one, the issue of ‘earned
allowances’,which they have put
atN87 billion.
The N30 billion, which the federal
government was offering,
according to the source, was in the
conviction that considering the
nation’s current revenue base,
ASUU would make some sacrifices
and go back to work in the interest
of the students and the country at
large.
The source added that the
government was desirous of a
holistic and sustainable solution to
the problems bedeviling the entire
education sectors and infrastural
development.