There are pointers that the strike by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) may soon be called off as the last meeting which the
Vice President, Namadi Sambo held with the sector’s stakeholder seemed
to be fruitful.
Although the individuals involved in the meeting failed to officially
disclose the outcome of the deliberations, a source revealed that “all
went well” during the meeting.
However, the ASUU team only assured that the union would make its
decision on the strike known after the subsequent NEC meeting which is
said to be slated for the next Saturday.
National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Faggae,, however, insisted that
that the union would make its position known after the National
Executive Council meeting.
But an anonymous source who was at the meeting, said the new offers
made by the Federal Government could end the strike within the next two
weeks.
The source said it the Federal Government had agreed to continue to
“release fund to revitalize the university system” until the system is
upgraded to a reasonable standard.
“The meeting went well, the vice-president made some new offers that
were different from what was on ground before. For instance, the Federal
Government had agreed to start the injection of revitalisation fund
into the university system starting with N100bn this year and N150bn in
2014 and this will continue until the university system is solid enough
to stand.
The strike embarked on by the public universities’ lecturers rises as
the Vice-President Namadi Sambo met with the leadership of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities in Abujaon Thursday.
The meeting which held behind closed doors was attended by the acting
Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive Secretary of
National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie while the union
was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir Faggae, and two former
Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano.
Other stakeholders at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of Bayero
University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar; Prof. Isaac Adewole of
the University of Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of the Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
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