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Two months into a nationwide strike by polytechnic institute lecturers, academic staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, began a nationwide strike over alleged FG’s refusal to implement the agreement between it and also the union over unpaid entitlements, its National President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has said. Polytechnics lecturers also are on strike because of alleged non-implementation of agreements and lack of infrastructure in their schools. Fagge spoke in an interview with newsmen, yesterday, at the University of lagos, UNILAG, when the union’s National council, NEC, meeting at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. He said: “We are embarking on an indefinite strike nationwide as a result of FG refusal on the implementation of the memoranda of Understanding, MoU, signed with ASUU in 2009 to pay lecturers their EARN allowances.” According to Fagge, Federal Government, in 2009 signed AN agreement to pay every lecturer N12,500 per month as EARN allowance, that...