The federal government has announced that it has paid lecturers N30 billion in Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion in Earned Academic Allowance, noting that it has achieved significant progress in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding established with university employees. Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, told THISDAY over the weekend that he had got confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Finance that monies had been granted to universities for the revitalization of infrastructure and payment of earned allowances. "By yesterday (Friday), the Federal Ministry of Finance's Accountant General's Office and the Funds Office assured me that they had paid the Earned Allowances to the 38 federal universities, and that by today (Saturday), all of the impacted universities would have received their payments for workers." He said, "I've conveyed the position to ASUU leadership." Ngige also said that the...
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