Vunderkind
Social Member
The Federal Government said the refusal of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, to accept the payment of their N40 billion emolument in two instalments is responsible for the lingering strike.
The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, said this in Bauchi on Monday at the North-East stakeholders’ town hall meeting on Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, intervention.
“We met ASUP leadership in January and they presented their position that the Federal Government should pay N40 billion to show that government is committed to their plight.
“We agreed to pay N20 billion in March and the remaining N20 billion will be in October 2014.
“But they later came back and said they will not accept the instalment unless government pays the N40 billion at once.
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Source: National Mirror
The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, said this in Bauchi on Monday at the North-East stakeholders’ town hall meeting on Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, intervention.
“We met ASUP leadership in January and they presented their position that the Federal Government should pay N40 billion to show that government is committed to their plight.
“We agreed to pay N20 billion in March and the remaining N20 billion will be in October 2014.
“But they later came back and said they will not accept the instalment unless government pays the N40 billion at once.
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Source: National Mirror
