Indication emerged yesterday that
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) may call off
its ongoing strike before or soon
after the Sallah celebration, as the
federal government may have
caved in to the demands of the
union by meeting about 60 per
cent of what it is asking for.
This was the outcome of a
closed-door meeting between
President Goodluck Jonathan
yesterday and Benue State
Governor Gabriel Suswam;
Minister of Education, Prof.
Ruqqayat Rufa’i as well as some
other ministers over the current
industrial action being embarked
by ASUU.
Other ministers who were at the
meeting with the president on
Monday evening included the
minister of finance and the
coordinating minister of the
economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala, and Minister of Labour and
Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu.
No official statement was issued
at the end of the meeting, as
Suswam, Okonjo-Iweala and Wogu
declined to comment on the
outcome of the meeting despite
effort made by State House
Correspondents to make them
talk.
A reliable presidency source told
LEADERSHIP that, at the meeting,
President Jonathan directed
Suswam and the ministers to do
all they could to ensure that strike
is called off by the union, saying
that Jonathan was very worried
that the ASUU strike was
distorting the academic calendar,
his immediate constituency. http://leadership.ng/news/070813/ASUU-may-call-strike-or-after-sallah

The strike maybe probably called of nextweek after sallah. The sultan of sokoto has also pleaded with ASUU. www.sunnewsonline.net/news/sultan-pleads-with-ASUU-to-call-off-strike-says-terrorism-not-part-of-islam

@ least av finishd fastn @ home

pls let it b true so i can dust my books