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Jonathan directs immediate action to end ASUU strike

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday directed the two Federal Government committees negotiating the requests by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to take immediate measures at ending the on-going strike.The Chairman of the Universities Needs Implementation Committee,Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, made this known after a closed-door meeting of the two committees and other stakeholders with President Jonathan at the State House.in Abuja.Vice-President Namadi Sambo, the Chairman of the Earned Allowance Committee and the Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim were in attendance at the meeting.Also in attendance were, Ministers of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat Rufai, Labour, Emeka Wogu, the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okogie and the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Mike Oghiadome.Speaking with State House correspondents, Suswam said that the meeting was summoned by thePresident “to take some decisions that would end the strike’’.“The President has instructed us, as to what to do, and he has showna lot of commitments to flagging off projects worth about N100 billion in all the universities in the country, about 61 of them.“So, we are hoping that we will be able to see the end of the strike very soon.“At the end of the day, we hope ASUU is satisfied with the measures that have so far been taken.“The federal government will also be meeting with the Universities Councils and Vice Chancellors of our universities within the week towards updating them on some ofthe decisions taken,’’ he said.Suswam said about N100 billion had been approved by the Federal Government to his committee to address infrastructure deficit in all the Universities.punch ng

ASUU strike: Jonathan approves N400bn lifeline –SSANU

The end to the present strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be in sight as President Goodluck Jonathan hasapproved N400 billion for the infrastructural development of Nigerian universities.The document to this effect is expected to be made available today at the meeting of the presidential committee on implementation of the NEEDS assessment in the universities with the leaders of the four university-based unions – the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).The President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, made the revelation while addressing his union members at the SSANU National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the weekend at the University of Abuja.Ugwoke, briefing the SSANU members on the activities of the NEEDS assesment implementation committee, led by Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam. He noted that the fund was different from the N100 billion Governor Suswam had raised from donor agencies and big companies to tackle the problems of Nigerian universities in 2013.The labour leader said: “Let me giveyou a tip on what the NEEDS assessment committee is doing. The president has approved that within the next four years; N400 billion would be expended in infrastructural development of Nigerian universities, to transform the universities to international standard.“N100 billion has already been raised by Suswam committee out ofwhich 61 universities have been pencilled down, as contained in the NEEDS assessement committee. The N100 billion is expected to address needs of the universities inthe areas which include re-furbishing and renovation of lecture theatres and lecture halls, re-furbishing and renovation of laboratories/libraries and the renovation of hostels.“The second category is building of new hostels of international standard, self-contained rooms, thelatest model in the world. That is the standard to be built in every university, and also the state-of-the-art laboratories as well as classrooms, lecture theatres and the halls.”Ugwoke pointed out that the moneyhad been shared and out of the N100 billion, N96 billion had been sent to universities.He added: “The committee is meeting again on Monday, and by Monday (today), the document will be out. This time around, it is not only by giving university money, butit will be monitored to ensure that the money is used to transform the universities, to bail universities out of the present situation and developed to an international recognized university standard.”