The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied claims made by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige's about the union being given N52.12billion as part of their revitalization fund and earned allowances.
The Kano Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Comrade Abdulkadir Muhammad described the claim as deceptive, misleading, and aimed at soiling the image of the Union and its members in the eyes of the public. He explained that only N22.17 billion was released as Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) out of which only N16.6bn was released to members of the union while the remaining N5.5bn was for other academic unions.
Mohammed further added that out of the N30billion given for revitalization, only N20billion was given to the university managements to address infrastructural decay on campuses, out of which nothing was given to any member of ASUU.
He called on the minister to desist from trivializing its campaign and stop making it look as if the union was all about money.
