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strike.
Speaking with journalists after
about four hours meeting
between the union and the
government negotiating team,
led by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation,
Senator Pius Anyim, ASUU
President, Prof. Ukachuckwu
Awuzie, said ASUU members
were not in a hurry to call off the
strike.
Awuzie added that the union
would meet again on Tuesday
(today) with the government.
He said, “We have had
deliberations. We have looked at
the issues. We have made some
progress. We are likely to
continue very early tomorrow
morning. If we fought there, you
would not see us smiling.
“All of us are patriots. We are
talking about one thing: The
good of educational system in
Nigeria. There are no adverse
roles in this struggle. There are
no winners, there are no losers.
“We all appreciate the decay and
the rot in the system. And we
think that, that is a very
important sector of our national
life which has to be propelled.”
Asked when the strike would be
called off, Awuzie simply said,
“It’s not over.”
He however expressed optimism
that all grey areas in the
agreement would be “resolved
very soon.”
Minister of Education, Prof.
Ruqqayattu Rufai, debunked
media reports that she had
promised an end to the strike on
Monday.
She however reiterated the fact
that the strike might soon be
called off going by the extent of
deliberations between the two
parties.
Rufai said, “Based on what we
have done so far, the strike may
be called off.
“Today as you have seen, we
have met. We have made
progress and of course we are
still talking. Even tomorrow
(today) at 10am, we have
another meeting with ASUU. So,
we are making progress.”
Labour and Productivity Minister,
Chief Emeka Wogu, also
expressed optimism that the
ongoing negotiations would end
with more concrete resolutions.
He said: “We are working
seriously to make sure that we
resolve the issues that have
arisen from the strike. We have
made progress. We believe that
at the end of full discussions on
this strike, we will come to a
conclusion that will be more
lasting than the previous ones. Punch Newspaper

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