Tension in varsities over sharing formula of N22.1bn Earned Allowances

Fresh tension is looming in the inter-university centres over the sharing formula of the just approved N22.127 billion for payment of Earned Allowances for the university staff.

It was gathered that out of the approved amount, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is to take a lion share of 75 percent of the total sum, while the other three unions will share the remaining 25 percent among themselves.

The three unions are the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU; Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT.

Recall that the last N40 billion Earned Allowances released by the Federal Government for the four universities-based unions, where ASUU was also allocated 75 percent of the total sum, had generated crisis in the university system.

It was reliably gathered, on Wednesday, that two of the unions, NASU and SSANU have rejected the sharing formula and warned he federal government to reverse it immediately in order not to cause industrial dispute in the university system.