From Fred Ezeh, Abuja

The federal government has stated that it has no signed agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, told journalists in Abuja, on Thursday, that all the claimed agreements by ASUU was just a proposal contained in the draft agreement.

He said: “I read some reports in the media on Thursday indicating that we have a meeting with ASUU. That was not correct. Rather, we had an expanded meeting with relevant stakeholders to review the content of the draft agreement.

“At the end of the day, we set up a committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, to make a counter proposal to ASUU detailing what the government can offer.

“The committee is expected to go through the content of ASUU demands, line by line, and make a proposal to ASUU. Afterwards, the proposal will be sent to the Yayale Ahmed led committee for onward presentation to ASUU.

“But it’s important for Nigerians to know that the government has no signed agreement with ASUU. All we had over the years was a draft agreement that was not signed.”

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