THE Federal Government will engage the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a crucial talks today, in a move to end the ongoing strike by the union.
Minister of Education, Professor Ruqa’yyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, made this known in Abuja, on Monday, saying reasonable progress had been made in the ongoing efforts to get the lecturers back to classroom.
She noted that a presidential intervention of N100 billion had been released to the implementation committee of the Needs Assessment Report, which has the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, as chairman.
Professor Rufa’i, who spoke while declaring open the mid-term review of the four-year strategy plan for the development of the education sector, said this was to address some of the identifiable challenges in the nation’s university system.
She said it was as a result of the resolve to address all challenges facing the sector that assessments of each area of the education sector were carried out.
“We have done this for the federal unity schools and it is helping in their transformation. The recent one carried out for all public universities has led to a presidential intervention to ensure that challenges identified are given due attention.
“As a result, N100 billion has been committed to this and the president has inaugurated an implementation committee chaired by Governor Suswam,” she said.
The minister said the implementation of the four-year strategic plan (2011-2015) was on course, stressing that credible progress had been made in the six focal areas as outlined in the plan.
She reaffirmed the commitment to move the sector ahead, saying “we shall continue to dig deep and identify further challenges and address them.”
Professor Rufa’i, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders to continue to show understanding, support and partnership, noting that “our actions today will define where we are tomorrow.”
She added that government would continue to dialogue with ASUU in order to end the ongoing strike that had crippled academic activities in government’s universities in Nigeria.




http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/19005-fg-holds-crucial-talks-with-ASUU-today-releases-n100bn-to-suswam-led-committee.html

I prefer they come up with a resumption date.



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Good.
I see ASUU calling off the strike, cuz the word 'Deadlock' is missing in my dic.

Let's hope this will bear good fruits and not a fruitless effort.

alpha conde: R

what's the meaning of this?

thank God. 1st to comment

PLEASE O, LET THEM DO THAT ASAP SO THAT THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED PREGNANCIES WILL REDUCE

And Obahiagbon has this to say

“This ASUU strike is a miasma of a deprecable apothesis of an hemorrhaging plutocracy, cascadinly oozing into a maladorous excresence of mobocracy.

With all tarmangant ossifying proclivities of a kakistocracy, our knowledgia centura is enveloped in a paraphlegic crinkum crankum. Therefore, ASUU, cest in dejavu, dejavu peret ologomabia.”

emmatony: thank God. 1st to comment

Seriously, someone is smarter than that your lame god Dicky.

Lets just hope all the affected students still remember the route that leads to their respective schools..
Oya,its time to dust off those cobwebs from ya brains and head back to ya various citadel's of cramming!!

Just hope that dis meeting wnt fail again, cos am damn tired of staying at home.

Lord Jesus, pls let this meetin be d 1 we have been waitin 4 after 6wks & 1 day. O ti su mi. Let every bad belle person be absent. IJN. Amen.

emmatony: thank God. 1st to comment

SMH for u.

Pls settle ASUU to de last kobo,nd stop delayin.

I hope they won't share the money

abeg never call off yet... i wan do traditinal marriage first...

ASUU TO RESUME 2034, LADIES GO AND MARRY.

Lordave: what's the meaning of this?

Are u a learner R means reserved

Ok we'll wait o

emmatony: thank God. 1st to comment

You see what ASUU strike has done to this innocent poor boy.. ASUU forcefully sent him home due to the strike and just some weeks later,his brain has completely entered sleep mode and he cant even differenciate btw 1st,2nd 3rd 4th and even 5th!!
ASUU better call off this strike quickly before students start using google to spell-check if they spelt their names correctly!!
It is well!!

This is some good news!

Let them share the money and end the strike

dbucas: ASUU TO RESUME 2034, LADIES GO AND MARRY.

Stale!

Now FG is showing sincerity in tackling what ASUU has been asking for.
U bail out the banks, power and even nollywood but education is left to rot.
I always believe GEJ as a true sincere democrat, not like Buhari who sent guns to kill students or Obasanjo who love grandstanding and sign an agreement he knew he could not implement making mockery of Nigerians.
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GEJ till 2019 and beyond

Can't wait to go back to school... I don old ooooo

Let us keep our fingers crossed. FG is always playing pranks with the education sector.

NOTED@op

Kslib:
You see what ASUU strike has done to this innocent poor boy.. ASUU forcefully sent him home due to the strike and just some weeks later,his brain has completely entered sleep mode and he cant even differenciate btw 1st,2nd 3rd 4th and even 5th!!
ASUU better call off this strike quickly before students start using google to spell-check if they spelt their names correctly!!
It is well!!

lolz. evils

alpha conde: I prefer they come up with a resumption date.



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lolz. Ar u a kid? Were u givn 10mlln coz u ar d 1st 2 comment? Wake up oh. First 2 comment doznt mean anytin it only means u ar d only one jobless. It means u ar d only 1 witout job online 24/7. Guy cover face oh

alpha conde: I prefer they come up with a resumption date.



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Please don't. Am first on a site with over 1m users, only jealous users won't agree.

guY o abg which skuL u attNd This na Grammer abi Phrasal verb

Lordave: Good.
I see ASUU calling off the strike, cuz the word 'Deadlock' is missing in my dic.

Yeah! Hope it seriously works out well b4 i release my boiz into d streets.