Suswam: ASUU is misleading Nigerians

Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has said
the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) is misleading students and parents on
what the Federal Government has done since
the negotiations began in 2009.
Speaking at the Government House, Makurdi,
yesterday when he hosted the National Union
of Benue State Students (NUBESS), he said the
Federal Government has acceded to the
demands of ASUU.
Suswam advised the lecturers to go back to the
classrooms for the future of youths.
Said he “Federal Government has done a lot. It
is time ASUU should sacrifice and shift its
ground as the negotiation is becoming
political.”
The Benue State governor, who is leading the
Federal Government negotiation team, said
N100 billion has been distributed for
infrastructural development and N30 billion
for earned allowance.
According to him, the criteria for distribution
of the funds were adopted with ASUU
representative, adding that the projects are to
be executed by the universities and their
councils.
He said the earned allowance is only for the
federal universities, hence state universities
have no business going on strike. Suswam said
the Benue State University (BSU) lecturers
have been paid their earned allowance.
He urged ASUU to return to the classrooms as
it would not be proper to play politics with the
future of students.
“We asked them to take N30 billion and pay
their members, then come back for another
money, but they said no, we must give them
N92 billion,” the governor said.
Suswam enjoined students to ask ASUU why it
wants to ground education.