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He said the increase of education tax to 10 per cent would enable TETFund to mobilise more funds to address challenges confronting the sector.

Osodeke, who described TETFund as a brainchild of ASUU, praised the agency for transforming the nation’s higher education sector.

ASUU) on Thursday called for an increase in education tax from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent. Its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the public presentation of 50 textbooks sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

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VC Tasks Govt on Sustainable Solution to Recurrent ASUU Strike Follow up for more updates

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Almost every administration since the return of democratic rule experienced industrial action by the union. In 1999, shortly after the Obasanjo-Atiku administration was sworn in

Strikes by ASUU and failure of the government to find lasting solutions to the crises bedeviling the education sector, have continued to destroy the university system in Nigeria. Strikes have been so repeated over the years that they have come to be recognized as a yearly event

Osodeke had in an interview while accusing Gbajabiamila of deception, also alleged that the Speaker failed to deliver on his written commitment that the government would, without delay, offset the arrears of salaries owed to members of the union for the time they were on strike.

The House of Reps last week engaged in a war of words with the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke over his claim that the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, used deception to convince the union to call off its eight months strike action.

Udora Orizu writes that the uncommon role played by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in seeing to the suspension of the eight month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, is now riddled with accusation of deception

INCOMING: House, ASUU argues over Suspended Strike Action. Udora Orizu writes that the uncommon role played by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in seeing to the suspension of the eight month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of University

FG justifies decision The spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, in an interview with our correspondent, justified the government’s decision on the check-off dues.

“The government credited the cooperatives but refused to credit ASUU. Now, this is the question: since you claimed you paid us pro-rata, from where did you deduct the check-off and cooperative dues? And since the check-off dues were deducted, why wasn’t ASUU’s account credited?

Bolarin said, “Despite the pro-rata salaries that were paid for the month of November, those who got their pay slips observed that check-off dues and cooperative dues were deducted, but the issue now is that the account of ASUU was not credited.

Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, the chairman of the Federal University of Technology, Minna chapter of ASUU, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed to our correspondent that the government failed to remit the check-off dues for November.