Federal Government calls for urgent meeting with Vc

The Federal Government has called for this urgent meeting with the Vice Chancellors, of all Federal and State universities

This came on the backdrop of the fact that the ultimatum given to the Universities to open had expired and yet most schools had defied the order by the Federal Government

Also invited to the meeting were members of the Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC) On Needs Assessment Report for inauguration.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has a representative in the IMC.

A statement signed by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Julius Okojie, on behalf of the Supervising Minister of Education, Barrister Nyeson Wike, published in a national daily today, called on Vice Chancellors to come to the meeting with a list of their prioritised projects based on Needs Assessment Report for funding.

“In addition, Vice Chancellors of state universities must come along with with their account details,” the statement added.

It is not clear whether the meeting was called to disburse the N200b the government said it had deposited in an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, which ASUU is insisting must be communicated to it formally.