The Federal Government has said the implementation of the Memorandum of Action signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities was on course and progressing without hitches.
The Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, stated this on Thursday at the end of a meeting between the government and ASUU to review the progress made in the implementation of the MoA signed by the parties in December 2020.
Ngige said the meeting discussed every item on the 2020 Memorandum of Action between Government and ASUU and the progress made so far, and reached agreements.
This was contained in a statement on Friday by the Ministry of Labour spokesman, Charles Akpan.
On the issue of the Revitalization Fund, the Minister said they considered how to streamline the outstanding payment into the national budget or into a special system fund.
With regards to Earned Academic Allowances, Ngige recalled that the government paid N40 billion to all the unions, while the National Universities Commission provided a formula, which was used for sharing it to all the university workers.
He said: “We had pockets of protest (regarding that) and we managed it. Today, we also agreed to find a way to accommodate the balance in order to pay all as and when due.”
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