Update On ASUU Strike: Federal Government Makes U-turn

After realizing that it doesn't have the capacity to carry out its threat
to ASUU, the Presidency on Monday said they are longer interested in
the December 9 deadline that was handed over to the striking
university teachers to return to work or get fired.
Funny enough, the Presidency is now deceiving itself by claiming 70%
of lectures returned to work...
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said this while briefing journalists on
the payment of the N200bn by the Federal Government into the
“Revitalisation of Universities Infrastructure” account with the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
Okupe’s claim of “substantial compliance” was however described as
total falsehood by ASSU leadership, who also said it would not attend
a meeting on Wednesday with the Supervising Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike, and vice-chancellors on the University Needs
Assessment Report Implementation Committee.
Okupe had claimed that Government is soft pedalling on the threat to
sack the defiant ASUU members because many senior citizens and
institutions had intervened. He said that as of Sunday evening,
government had reports that there was substantial compliance by
many lecturers with the directive.
The Presidential aide added that the development encouraged the
government to mellow down.
Okupe however added that there is proof for the N200billion now and
pleaded with ASUU to end the strike.