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ASUU Strike: FG Doesn’t Have Funds To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Ngige

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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Chris Ngige, the minister of labour, says the federal government does not have the money to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Daily Report Nigeria recall that on February 14, ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike.

While declaring the strike, the union said the decision was taken due during to the federal government’s delay in implementing their agreement, which includes issues on salaries, adoption of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) payroll software, and the revitalisation fund for universities.

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The minister of labour, Chris Ngige Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, said the N1.3 trillion revitalisation fund was a promise made to ASUU by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan when the country’s finances were stable.

He further stated that the current administration informed ASUU of its inability to honour the previous revitalisation fund agreement, adding that the federal government however, promised to explore other options to fund universities.

“Government is a continuum. The N1.3 trillion you are talking about was promised by the Jonathan government. Oil was selling about $100 to $120 per barrel then and the revenue of the federation was rich,” he said.

“The agreement says that ‘government is unable to pay this but to show commitment to the intentions of the revitalisation for which this N1.3 trillion was promised’.

“Mind you, it was promised by that administration and they promised to kickstart the payment — and they paid N200 billion which they borrowed from TETFund. They did not take it from the federation account. That payment spiralled even into 2016 — to our regime.

“Government said we don’t have the money to pay for it — this was the agreement in 2016 to 2017 — but we will find a way by which we can fund the universities and revitalise infrastructure.

“A committee was set up with ASUU as members. Government said ‘we are going to drop N25 billion for you to show you in good faith that we are not talking nonsense.’

“That one was dropped. Again, another money was paid last year because the committee couldn’t come up with anything that will generate funds. Government made it clear that we don’t have N1.1 trillion that is remaining.

“We don’t have it. It is in the agreement. The government did not say we are going to pay N1.1 trillion that is remaining. They said we don’t have this money and under the principle of capacity and ability to pay, let us renegotiate it because TETFund is still there.

“Unless you want us to take money from TETFund and deceive you like it was done in that period.”

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