{"id":1043,"date":"2022-06-10T10:47:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/asuu-shouldnt-end-strike-if-accountant-general-stole-n80bn-reno-omokri-punch-newspapers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:47:32","slug":"asuu-shouldnt-end-strike-if-accountant-general-stole-n80bn-reno-omokri-punch-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=1043","title":{"rendered":"ASUU shouldn\u2019t end strike if accountant general stole N80bn -Reno Omokri – Punch Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s former aide, Reno Omokri, has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities not to suspend their ongoing strike if its members’ demands are not met.
He said this in a tweet on Tuesday after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced the arrest of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, for alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth N80 billion.
The PUNCH<\/em> had reported that Nigeria’s accountant-general was arrested on Monday “after failing to honour invitations” by EFCC to respond to the allegations.
He encouraged the lecturers should insist that the Federal Government pays them with the N80 billion allegedly stolen by the arrested head of Nigeria’s treasury.<\/p>\n

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Omokri wrote, ” Dear ASUU, If the Accountant General of the Federation can steal \u20a680 billion, then you have no reason to end your strike.
“Ask Buhari to use the stolen \u20a680 billion to pay you and then keep the change. After all, the money you are asking for is not even up to \u20a680 billion!
“Just look at how morally bankrupt Nigeria is. The same Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, married a 16-year-old girl and he was not sacked or arrested by Buhari.” <\/p>\n

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EFCC had said Idris “raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.”
The proceeds were invested by Idris in real estate in the capital Abuja and in his home state of Kano in northern Nigeria, it said in a statement issued late Monday.
Idris has not commented on the accusations. \u00a0
On February 15, ASUU began a four-week rollover strike following the Federal Government\u2019s failure to meet its demands.<\/p>\n

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    The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the decision was taken after the union\u2019s National Executive Committee meeting.
    Osodeke said since the last meeting the union had with the federal government in December 2021, it had not received any formal invitation from the government.
    ASUU extended the action by another two months to afford the government more time to address all of its demands.<\/p>\n

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