Oyogist has learned that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied rumours that it demanded a fresh N1 trillion from the federal government in order to end it’s ongoing strike.
Recall the union had embarked on a warning strike Earlier on February 14 after a two-day deliberation of the union’s national executive council.
The union had accused the government of reneging on the agreements it reached to suspend its last industrial action in 2020.
Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, while speaking with reporters on Sunday disclosed that there has been little progress on the part of the government as regards its engagement with the union over the past couple of days.
Asked about the rumours that fresh monetary demands were made by the union, Osodeke said, “it’s not correct”.“The outcome of that meeting was reported. Nobody mentioned N1 trillion. We don’t respond to all these rumours. What we’re demanding is coming after the government agreed to spend N1.3 trillion in 2009,” the ASUU president added.
“It was to be released N200 billion per year for five or six years. They didn’t do that which is what we’re asking for.”
