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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Dachung Musa Bagos, a member of the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to use part of the recently returned $23,439,724million Abacha loot to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).<\/p>\n

Recall that Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) on Tuesday, signed an agreement for the repatriation of $23,439,724 recovered funds said to have been looted by the late General Sani Abacha.<\/p>\n

ASUU has been on strike since February this year over improved welfare, revitalisation of public universities, among other reasons.<\/p>\n

One bone of contention for the academics is the non-payment of university revitalisation funds, amounting to about N1.1 trillion, as all efforts by the government to make the union end the strike have been successful.<\/p>\n

While the government says it does not have enough funds to settle the lecturers, Bagos, who represents Jos South\/Jos East, is wondering why the recent Abacha loot should not be used to settle ASUU.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Wednesday, Bagos said, \u201cWe have pressing needs. Like now, ASUU has been on strike, and the government is trying to settle those issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a representative of the people, if I have to argue where those funds should be channelled to on the floor, I will say, \u2018Why can\u2019t you channel this fund to ASUU so that most of the youths that are at home would go back to school?\u2019 But some of the areas we feel that the executive is channelling those funds are not the immediate needs of Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThis is my third year in the National Assembly, we have never discussed any of the recovered loot. We just sit down and we hear that the executive recovered loot and allotted the same to projects that they so desire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that when we discuss these issues at the National Assembly, we appropriate those funds according to the needs of Nigeria, it is going to go a long way; not just the executive looking at it and alloting it (the fund) to what they feel it should be. The constitution has given us that right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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