The Federal Government yesterday said it had released N22. 127 billion earned allowances of both academic and non-academic workers of universities to their respective institutions.
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, told The Nation in Abuja that 38 universities have so far received the sum on behalf of the unions.
The workers are under the aegis of the Academic Staff of Union Universities(ASUU), the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).
The N22.127 billion earned allowances had generated controversy because of the sharing formula adopted by the National Universities Commission(NUC).
Ngige said: “The revitalisation fund has been paid to the universities and by Thursday (last week) 38 universities have received money for earned allowances for both academic and non – academic staff.”
The minister also said the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the body working on the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) or the payroll system developed by university lecturers, has submitted its report.
He said the report of the technical test conducted on UTAS by NITDA was sent to the Federal ministries of Education and Finance, Office of the Accountant – General of the Federation, and ASUU for independent assessment.
Ngige also said a joint meeting would be held this week to evaluate the outcomes of the user and integrity test conducted on UTAS.
Ngige said about 500 line items in the payment platform were subjected to test, with the platform passing some and failing others.
His words: ”NITDA has also given me a report on their technical result of UTAS which I have communicated to ASUU for them to read, go through the report, make their own observations and we forward them back to NITDA. After that, we will then meet jointly this week.
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