Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the National Chairman of ASUU, refuted the report of a huge cash demand on Sunday.

According to sources, Osodeke made the statement in response to claims that the academic union had issued a new monetary demand of N1 trillion to end the ongoing University lecturers’ strike, which began on February 14, 2022.

While recognizing that negotiations with the federal government have made little headway, the ASUU president denied making such monetary demands.

“It’s not correct”.

“The outcome of that meeting was reported. Nobody mentioned N1 trillion. We don’t respond to all these rumours. What we’re demanding is coming after the government agreed to spend N1.3 trillion in 2009,” the ASUU president was quoted by The Cable to have said.

“It was to be released N200 billion per year for five or six years. They didn’t do that which is what we’re asking for,” he added.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of levity in its negotiations with its members, as previously reported.

The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated that ending the strike is contingent on the Federal Government’s readiness.

He claimed that the strike will come to an end if the federal government prioritizes the problem and takes action.

Osodeke went on to say that the most recent meeting between his members and the federal government was ineffective since the government team pretended to be unaware of the issues at hand.