FG Makes U-Turn, Admits Agreement With ASUU
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has made a U-turn regarding his earlier remarks on the federal government’s agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), admitting the existence of the deal in 2009.
Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, the minister had insisted that no agreement existed between the government and ASUU, adding that the union was merely parading a draft, a claim rejected by ASUU.
But in a statement released on Friday by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, the minister acknowledged that the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement remained the most recent signed and binding document between both parties.
According to the ministry, efforts to update the pact have been made, including the establishment of a renegotiation committee in 2017 under the former Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and the process produced a draft Nimi Briggs Agreement in May 2021.