ASUU demands payment of salaries owned during strike period.

It's reported that ASUU did not intend to call off the strike this week, and instead will pass off more demands to the presidency. This is one of the decisions reached at it secret executive council meeting held over the weekend.

One of the demands is the payment of salary arrears accrued during the period the union was on strike. ASUU members feel they deserve to be paid during the period they were not working.

Another demand being tabled by ASUU to the presidency is the immediate payment of N100 billion as part of the university intervention fund, with the balance of N1.1 million spread over the next five years.

Tempers flared at the meeting over the death of former ASUU president, Festus Iyayi, and some ASUU members had initially wanted to torpedo the negotiation with the government as they felt the government was directly responsible for his death. However cooler heads prevailed and it was decided that since president Jonathan had been the first president to ever meet with ASUU leadership over their grievances that they would honour him by proceeding with negotiation. They also based their decisions to cater to the "welfare of parents and students".

Another key decision reached at th NEC meeting was to have the N1.2 trillion warehoused at the central bank of Nigeria and released to the universities quarterly so as to prevent any reneging of the agreement. The trade union congress and the national universities commission are also expected to be guarantors of the agreement.