FG and ASUU's meeting; The truth of what happened behind closed door meeting held on Oct 16, 2020

ASUU has been on strike for more than six months, and this has contributed to the inability of students to continue despite the easy pandemic blockade of COVID-19.

ASUU and the federal government held a meeting yesterday, which was postponed to October 21, 2020.

Many people may have thought that there were no more meetings between the federal government and ASUU, but things did happen nonetheless.

The Minister of Labor and Labor led the federal government group, while ASUU President Biodun Ogunyem led the Union of Speakers.

Although the strike did not end on Thursday, a statement from the Ministry of Labor concluded on funding for the revitalization of public universities.

Despite the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government submitted a bid of Nair 20 billion (twenty billion Naira) for deposit by the end of January 2021, and ASUU agreed to consider its offer to its members and return it on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.

As the Ministry of Labor has specified, Minister of Education Adamu Adamu will continue with President Muhammadu Buhar, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in his previous discussion on alternative sources of funding for revitalization. additional processes. university system funding.

In response to ASUU’s request to pay revenue in 2019, totaling € 40 billion, the Federation’s Chief Accountant (AGF) has committed to release N30 billion before or before 6 November 2020.

This is the reality of everything that happened behind the closed door of the federal government and the university unions, and it is known that there may be an agreement that will produce a positive outcome when the federal government and ASUU meet again on October 21, 2020..

The federal government is releasing N20B to transform the education sector.

ASUU recovers if the federal government agrees with them.