
FG to Spend 34bn on Minimum Wage Adjustment Arrears
The Federal Government has said that about N34 billion would be spent on the on-going payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019.
The Federal Government has said that about N34 billion would be spent on the on-going payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019.
The Federal Government through the HME Mallam Adamu Adamu on reconstituted the 2009 FGN University-based unions Agreements Renegotiation Team comprising Chairman and members; Advisers as well as Observers.
President Buhari has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to honouring promises made to ASUU, in order to prevent disruptive strikes and engender uninterrupted academic programmes.
Following positive responses from its recent consultations with different arms of government as well as public outcry, the leadership of the ASUU has finally bowed to pressure and postponed its decision to embark on another round of strike.
In another move to ensure that its proposed alternative payment platform the UTAS gain wider acceptability in the Nigerian Universities, ASUU updated the end-users of the solution in the Federal Government’s-owned Universities’