ASUU STATE REASONS THAT AFFECTED DEADLOCKED MEETING WITH FG.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained what led to the breakdown of discussions during its meeting with the Federal Government on Tuesday.

The union said that the Federal Government’s offer was “miserable”. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of  ASUU, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’.

The statement read in part, “The major reason given by the Federal Government for the miserly offer, paucity of revenue, is not tenable. ASUU believes that if the leakages in the management of the country’s resources are stopped, there will be more than enough to meet the nation’s revenue and expenditure targets without borrowing and plunging the country into a debt crisis as is the case now.”