The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, to explain how he acquired some multi-billion naira properties in Kano State.
In a statement issued by its Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, ASUU sought an explanation on how the AGF acquired a hotel in Kano at the sum of N500 million.
The union claimed that the hotel was demolished in order to build a multi-billion naira shopping mall which, it stated, is under construction.
ASUU also challenged Idris to explain how he came about the funds used to acquire a commodity market and exchange.
“We would want Gentlemen of the Press to assist us in the conduct of two Investigations.
“The first is to uncover who bought the version of the Sokoto Hotel in Kano with a swooping sum of N500m, cash down, and demolished it the next day for an on-going development of a multi-billion Naira Shopping Mall.
“How and where did he or she get money for such investment?”
“The second assignment is to assist uncover who is hiding to invest multi-billion Naira in the Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange.
“How and where did he or she get money for such investment?”
On the ongoing strike, Prof. Abubakar blamed the AGF and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, for the impasse in resolving the industrial action.
“While the Minister of Labour and Employment has continued to exhibit all manners of antics and insisting that government does not have the money to responsibly educate its citizens, the AGF has continued to greedily and selfishly count on the gains of N16,000 per enrollment of each academic staff he would have made.
“Thereby insisting that ASUU members be enrolled on the only payment platform he has now, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS,” said the coordinator.
“The AGF is assiduously working for his retirement benefits, becoming the next governor of Kano State in addition to other financial gains already mentioned,” Abubakar stated.
He stated that ASUU is not asking the Federal Government to give it money but to rather honour the truce reached on February 7, 2019, tagged, ASUU/FGN Memorandum of Action, bordering on finances to develop university education in Nigeria.
He urged the students, parents and the general public to join forces with the union in the struggle to emancipate the country’s university education system by insisting that the government commit resources to adequately fund the system.
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