Chris Ngige Expresses Optimism As Another Meeting With Lecturers Begins Over ASUU Strike

The federal government on Friday proceeded with arrangements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop the eight-month-old strike activity. ASUU set out on a cross country strike on March 23 to request "revitalisation stipend", acquired scholarly remittances, renegotiation of the 2009 understanding, appearance boards, among different requests. 

Premium Times detailed how the central government, last Friday, made a few concessions to the striking college instructors through their association. The public authority offered N65 billion to Nigerian colleges to address a portion of the teachers' requests. The public authority likewise consented to pay the teachers their extraordinary compensations utilizing a more established installment stage, GIFMIS, unique in relation to the disputable IPPIS. The N65 billion tries to address the issue of acquired recompenses and "revitalisation of colleges". Before the public authority acquainted IPPIS with the association a year ago, the speakers were getting their compensation through the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS). 

The gathering 

The Friday meeting, which was planned for 11 a.m. begun at 2:25 p.m. with the work serve, Chris Ngige, directing. He said the public authority gave the association a few offers a week ago and "they vowed to talk with their individuals and hit us up". 

"We petition God for a productive conversation that will carry our kids to class," he said. In his comment, the public leader of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the situation of the patrons had been reported and will be introduced to the clergyman. Mr Ngige proclaimed the beginning of the specialized meeting of the gathering at 2:35 p.m.