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The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said on Thursday that the 2009 resolution remains the only binding agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Alausa, according to a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mrs. Folasade Boriowo, made the clarification during an interaction with journalists.
The ministry spokesperson said the minister’s remark was misinterpreted, hence the need to set the record straight.
She recalled that the former Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in 2017, inaugurated a renegotiation committee to review the 2009 agreement.
The process led to the drafting of the Nimi Briggs agreement in May 2021.
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She said: “However, it is important to stress that this 2021 draft agreement was not signed by the Federal Government.
“When the minister stated yesterday (Thursday) that there had been ‘no new signed agreement’ with ASUU, he was referring specifically to the 2021 draft Nimi Briggs document, which has not been formally executed.
“The ministry, therefore, reaffirms that the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement remains the last formally signed agreement.
” The 2021 Nimi Briggs draft agreement was not signed but serves as the latest framework for discussions.”
Boriowo stressed that the federal government remained committed to ending the 16-year stalemate with ASUU in a sustainable and constitutionally backed manner.
“The Ministry of Education urges the public and all stakeholders to disregard any misinterpretations and to note that the federal government’s commitment to resolving issues with ASUU remains firm under the Renewed Hope Agenda,” she stated.
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