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ASUU: FG Sets 14-Man Panel To End Protracted Strike| Read More

Udeme James

Sep 07, 2022

Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu yesterday said the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) caused him anguish and "internal turmoilÔÇØ.

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All Facts Newspaper had earlier reported that the Minister had a close door meeting stakeholders in the academic sector on Tuesday.

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Adamu said he met with the ASUU leadership at his home, office and its secretariat in a bid to find a solution.

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The government, he said, can only afford a 23.5 per cent salary increase for lecturers and a 35 per cent raise for professors.

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He said the government will provide for N150 billion in the 2023 budget for the revitalisation of federal universities to be disbursed in the first quarter.

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