The Federal Government on Wednesday tendered documents which clearly shows that the sum of N200 billion has been deposited into the various accounts of the universities based on the needs assessment earlier carried on.
\nIn a press conference in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe explained that it has become necessary to show the Nigerian public confirming the FG statement that, President Goodluck Jonathan gave the required instructions to ensure the fulfillment of what was agreed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
\nAccording to him, \u201con the 13th of November 2013, the office of the Accountant General of the Federation authorized the banking and payment system department of the Central Bank of Nigeria via a letter with reference number FD\/OAGF\/220\/ADC\/1\/4DF to open a \u201crevitalization of Universities Infrastructural Account\u201d with the CBN. On the 29thof November, 2013, the CBN confirmed in a letter reference BPSD\/BSD\/CON VOL 17\/088 to the Accountant General of the Federation that the said account had been opened and an account number was given\u201d.
\nHe stressed that, prior to all these, the Director of Funds in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation MK DIKWA, through a letter reference FD\/LP2008\/37\/C\/I\/DF dated 8th of November communicated with the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Universities Commission requesting for the list of Federal Universities in Nigeria for the purpose of opening a Special Account for them.
\n\u201cOn the 12th November, 2013, the NUC through the office of the Executive Secretary, Prof Julius Okojie in a letter reference NUC\/ES\/444\/VOL15\/280 responded to the request and gave the list of the Universities with their various account numbers domiciled with the CBN. Following this, the Accountant General has communicated with the Executive Secretary requesting for the details of amount payable to each of the listed Universities which is currently being processed by the NUC\u201d, he said.
\nHe sated categorically that, \u201cI have personally seen the balance in the account as of today and confirm that it contains the requisite amount and disbursement will commence as soon as ongoing administrative processes are sorted out.
\nWhile reaffirming that President Jonathan has always honored his words and obligations to the Nigerian people as and at when due, Dr. Okupe further explained that, given due considerations to the four items mentioned by ASUU as preconditions to their calling off the strike, none of them remain substantially pending or weighty enough to justify the continuation of the strike.
\n\u201cTherefore there are no further legitimate reasons for the strike by University teachers to continue a day any longer. We therefore call on Dr Nasir Fagge, his distinguished colleagues in the ASUU leadership as well as other patriotic members of their Union to put all else aside and call off this strike in the interest of our young men and women who have been kept out of school for 5 months and who have no recourse to any form of compensation whatsoever\u201d, he maintained.
\n\u201cHaving come this far, we believe it is time that we all come together once again as major stakeholders in the affairs of the country and the educational sector in particular to move on and begin to chart a new course for advancing the sector and improving the standard of our institutions for higher learning. There are no victor or vanquished in this protracted disagreement\u201d, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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