It called on the president to use the money to fund the public tertiary institutions in the country, improve the welfare of staff members, and ensure that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities return to class without further delay.
SERAP, in a letter signed by its deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, urged the President to send to the National Assembly a fresh supplementary appropriation bill, which reflects the proposed redirected budget, for its approval.
It said meeting the demands by ASUU would confront the persistent and widening inequality in educational opportunity, and promote equal protection for poor Nigerian children.
The ASUU accused the government of poor commitment to the payment of academic earned allowance; poor funding, the continued use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System and refusal to adopt the Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution, among others.
