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Thursday 15 August 2013

N92billion Allowances: Okonjo Iweala Lied; Asuu




The Academic Staff Union of Universities has denied ever demanding N92billion naira as earned allowances in the 2009 agreement from the federal government describing the coordinating Minister of the Economy, Okonjo Iweala as a liar.

The Union challenged the executive arm of government to publish how much it receives yearly as allowances for Nigerians to see.

The Coordinating Minister of the Economy was reported as saying the federal government cannot meet the N92billion allowances being demanded by ASUU.

Chairman of ASUU University of Ibadan, Dr Olusegun Ajiboye described the N92 billion naira mentioned by Dr Okonjo Iweala as a concocted falsehood and a figment of imagination of the minister.

Dr Ajiboye who disclosed that the earned allowances jointly calculated with the federal government and ASUU in the 2009 agreement amounted to N87billion and covers allowances for 3 and half years. 

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