Government and the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) will meet today in a last ditch
efforts to resolve the lingering crisis in the University
System.

As a prelude to the meeting scheduled for 10.00a.m
today, the Federal Government was locked in a meeting with the Vice Chancellors of the federal universities for about two hours on Monday.

Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike,
after the closed door meeting declined comment to
newsmen, but told journalists that the government
would be meeting with the leadership of ASUU today.

Wike, who chaired the meeting held at the auditorium
of the National Universities Commission (NUC), had said the meeting was a normal interaction with the vice chancellors.

Before the commencement of the meeting, Wike
excused journalists, personal assistants, his aides and all others, except the vice chancellors, ostensibly to
prevent leakage of their deliberations.

However, Nigerian Tribune gathered that the meeting
was to see how the universities that have been shut for
about four months now could be reopened to students
as well as fine-tune discussion on the position of the
government against the meeting with ASUU today.

Wike had last week assured that the protracted strike
would soon be called off based on the outcome of the
last parley with ASUU leadership.

Nigerian Tribune had reported that based on the fresh
agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU, the leadership of ASUU was to go back to brief its members at a meeting after the Eid-el-kabir
celebration.

It was gathered, on Monday, that the meeting today
would afford the ASUU to report to the government
about the position of the union on the offers by the
Federal Government so far.

The fresh accord struck by the Vice-President Namadi
Sambo with the union, government had agreed to
increase the N30 billion already released for the
payment of academic earned allowance to N40 billion.

According to sources, the government also agreed that
the N40 billion should be regarded only as first
instalment, and not a once-and-for-all payment.

The memorandum drafted at the of the meeting
indicated that the government would top it up with
further releases once universities are through with the
disbursement of N40 million.

Accordingly, vice chancellors were urged to expedite
the disbursement within the shortest possible time using guiding templates that have been sent by the
Committee of Vice Chancellors to them.

On the implementation of the Needs Assessment to
Nigerian Universities report, it was stated that the
government was cognisant and mindful of the ability of
universities to effectively and efficiently utilise the
N100 billion fund immediately, hence that figure.
“However, in addition to this N100 billion dedicated and already to be made available for 2013, N200 billion
(increased from N150 billion previously agreed) will now be earmarked in the 2014 budget, as well as each of the following three-four years until the universities are brought to world-class standard.

Also, on project prioritisation, universities would now
be allowed to determine their priorities and not be
“rail-roaded” into implementing a pre-determined set
of projects with respect to the NEEDS assessment.
Decisions are not to be centralised.

The government also assured that the operations of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) would not be impaired, and that the regular TETFund intervention disbursement to universities woul continue, unaffected.

“So, the NEEDS assessment capital outlays are in
addition to regular TETFund intervention.”

Although, the President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge,
could not confirm the willingness of ASUU to attend
today’s meeting, but the Nigerian Tribune gathered that zonal meetings of ASUU in their various universities were held last week to collate opinion of the members of the government offers.

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Abeg end the strike!Make all these my cousins come dey go back! Dem too dey consume food. Sleep, wake, eat, play game, eat again,play football,play or talk to girl for night for night as the case may be, eat and sleep again.

I hope diz peeps re not joking with their uncle...well make una wait 1st make i take my october salary...

Marvyx: I hope diz peeps re not joking with their uncle...well make una wait 1st make i take my october salary...

baddest guy!! the way u dey do, e be like u know want make the strike end

We r al hear insultin ASUU & FG bt let me ask hw many of us hv prayed abt it 2 GOD?!!!
Or u tink nfin consin GOD

mr.ceo63:
We r al hear insultin ASUU & FG bt let me ask hw many of us hv prayed abt it 2 GOD?!!!
Or u tink nfin consin GOD

d most stewpid post of all times

Meeting nor won end ,mean while in other news am doing great with this strike as money dey flowwwwWwwwwwww

ayodeji752: d most stewpid post of all times

sorry to say but ur post isnthe stewpid one, do u even think b4 u comment? Yes he asked how many of us has prayed tk God aboutbthis strike. The bible said that if God does not guide city that the watchmen (security men) are watching in vain. It is just like praying to god in the times of need cos u believe he has the power to change every situation. Seriously u need help

These people need to be flogged


Spewing the same garbage over and over again, like we(the students) are dummies.



I recall 3 months ago, they said the same 'soon', 3 months later, still the same 'soon'

mr.ceo63:
We r al hear insultin ASUU & FG bt let me ask hw many of us hv prayed abt it 2 GOD?!!!
Or u tink nfin consin GOD

teach a man how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime.
Give him a religion and he will starve to death while prayin for a fish.

I will yarn later....hustle Still in progress, Money must be made!

Na today,e don tay no be today.in 2face voice

*yawns*

Back to sleep jare, wake me when d strike is called off

cupid4ig: sorry to say but ur post isnthe stewpid one, do u even think b4 u comment? Yes he asked how many of us has prayed tk God aboutbthis strike. The bible said that if God does not guide city that the watchmen (security men) are watching in vain. It is just like praying to god in the times of need cos u believe he has the power to change every situation. Seriously u need help

mr.ceo63:
We r al hear insultin ASUU & FG bt let me ask hw many of us hv prayed abt it 2 GOD?!!!
Or u tink nfin consin GOD

you are both sick

Seriously we suppose carry cutlasses, sticks, catapults etc go attack them for Aso Ebi (sorry Rock). Make we destroy everything we come across if that is possible maybe them go get time for students.

cupid4ig: sorry to say but ur post isnthe stewpid one, do u even think b4 u comment? Yes he asked how many of us has prayed tk God aboutbthis strike. The bible said that if God does not guide city that the watchmen (security men) are watching in vain. It is just like praying to god in the times of need cos u believe he has the power to change every situation. Seriously u need help

second most silly post of all times. U are gonna pray till thy kingdom comes while ur government will keep on embezzling d money till d end of time

D meeting eyaf not finish? Am jez picturing 2days evening news . . Thus:
ASUU SUSPENDS STRIKE! Wit sum riders
¤ urges lecturers to resume classes
¤ says talks wit FG fruitful
¤ students to resume 1st November. #optimistic#

chaarly: D meeting eyaf not finish? Am jez picturing 2days evening news . . Thus:
ASUU SUSPENDS STRIKE! Wit sum riders
¤ urges lecturers to resume classes
¤ says talks wit FG fruitful
¤ students to resume 1st November. #optimistic#

br0s,abeg wake up.

mr.ceo63:
We r al hear insultin ASUU & FG bt let me ask hw many of us hv prayed abt it 2 GOD?!!!
Or u tink nfin consin GOD

Nigeria is the only country where the same people casting and binding the devils tormenting our progress as a nation are even the Devils themselves pulling us back. They will even pray more than you on Sunday services only to go back and continue with their evil ways. No wonder we're termed the most prayerful nation,yet things are not changing. If you combine only my pastor's prayer with all the prayers across different denominations, you'll find out it is more than enough to change the course of this nation.And when you criticize, you're already being taken as an ANTI-CHRIST. We keep on treating the symptoms and not the ailment itself, so how do you expect the ailment to go. Nigeria is too religious to my liking, everybody forming sanctimonious. I tire for this country

fabby26:

Nigeria is the only country where the same people casting and binding the devils tormenting our progress as a nation are even the Devils themselves pulling us back. They will even pray more than you on Sunday services only to go back and continue with their evil ways. No wonder we're termed the most prayerful nation,yet things are not changing. If you combine only my pastor's prayer with all the prayers across different denominations, you'll find out it is more than enough to change the course of this nation.And when you criticize, you're already being taken as an ANTI-CHRIST. We keep on treating the symptoms and not the ailment itself, so how do you expect the ailment to go. Nigeria is too religious to my liking, everybody forming sanctimonious. I tire for this country

Gbam!

The meeting never end?

engrfcuksmtin: The meeting never end?

Alas,the meeting was fruitful but they are currently popping champaign,they will be through any moment from now to divulge the long awaited good news to the press.Hang on

B_CELLS: Alas,the meeting was fruitful but they are currently popping champaign,they will be through any moment from now to divulge the long awaited good news to the press.Hang on

tales by moonlight

This strike is becoming something else.

Right now, Ȋ̝̊̅ don't thinks there will be any news as Ģ☺☺ď as "ASUU CALLS OFF STRIKE"

ASUU has em em em
wetin i wan type sef

**yawns**...... Blaah blaah bllllaaaaaaahhh...... This is the same news we have been hearing for four months now....abi na today