Following the refusal of lecturers to return back to classes, Federal Government in a new report has gone ahead to call off the ultimatum (return or get sacked) earlier issued to university lecturers and has also provided proof of payment of N200billion to the educational trust fund, which happen to be one of the criteria given by lecturers for resumption.
Addressing newsmen yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe reveled a letter which was addressed to the Auditoe-General of the Federation with reference number GVD/DGO/GEN/MP/05/151 and titled: “Confirmation of the Execution of your Mandate for the Credit of Account No…Revitalization of Universities Infrastructure Account.”
The letter stated... Continue to read the content of the letter...
“I write to confirm the execution of the following mandates by the Central Bank of Nigeria for funding of the above mentioned account as follows:
Mandate FD/LP2013/40/1/30/DF – 129,300,000,000.00
Mandate FD/F124/Vol XII/120/DF – 20,700,000,000.00
Mandate FD/LP2013/40/1/DF – 50,000,000,000.0
“I wish to further confirm that the available balance in the aforementioned account is N200,000,000,000.00 (Two Hundred Billion Naira Only).
“Please, accept the assurances of my best regards.”
As regards cancellation of the ultimatum, Doyin Okupe said about 90% of the lecturers had resumed nationwide so the talk of deadline resumption has dropped.
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