ASUU Strike: FG cannot deliver student's with their demands - Presidency

ASUU Strike: The office of the President on Monday, made it known that the industrial action  declared by ASUU was unnecessary and confirmed that the amount of money being demanded by the union was unrealizable. This statement was made by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

Shehu made the statement in an interview on Channels Television’s programme, where he claimed that the leaders of ASUU were aware of the fact that the current administration inherited the agreements based on whias declared.

He said ASUU was also aware that the Federal Government had set up a committee on the matter.

Shehu gave an indication that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government might not be able to meet the huge financial obligation the striking lecturers were demanding since the N850bn debt was more than the total allocation to the Ministry of Education in the 2017 Budget, which he put at N369bn.

Shehu said, “Governments enter into agreements that they can pay for. Ability to pay is a key requirement in going into agreements.

“They want all the problems to go with a wave of the hand. They want all the answers to all their problems at a go. There is an avenue that the government has opened for them for dialogue and it is not closed yet.” He said.