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Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, provided an update on the continuing talks between the Federal Government and the University Academic Staff Union. Speaking to reporters in the state assembly at the end of his meeting with the president, Ngige said the federal government has so far paid more than N92 billion in grants and revitalization to federally-owned universities across the country. This is part of the implementation of the December 2020 agreement with ASUU, he said. "I claim our December 2020 agreement with ASUU is being executed for a reason.There is a clause stating that the federal government should pay ASUU and other unions 40 billion naira in earned academic allowance (EAA), which has already been paid. "An additional 30 billion guilders is budgeted or will be paid for revitalization, which was also paid at the end of last year." In December, it was also agreed that 22.127 billion guilders would be paid from the supplementary budget ...

Over recent insulting remarks, the Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a severe warning to People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iyorchia Ayu. The agency's spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya (PhD), issued the following statement to POLITICS NIGERIA on Monday: "The Department of State Services (DSS) has been alerted to baseless allegations made by the People's Democratic Party's (PDP) National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, against security services, particularly the service." Speaking at an event in Owerri, Imo State, on February 23, 2022, the party chairman was quoted as saying that his party would not use SSS to harass people when it took over Aso Rock in 2023. Although the service restricts itself from engaging in issues especially with politicians, it wishes to express its disapproval of such statements which are considered unreasonable, unfair, speculative and absurd. " Apart from defaming and instigating people against it, the service ques...