The consultations between
striking university
lecturers and the
representatives of the
Federal Government on
August 1 did not resolve
the contending issues, but
the parties have agreed on
setting up of a
government committee.
This was revealed by the
President of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, Mr. Nasiru Fagge, in
a telephone interview with
the reporters.
Mr. Fagge explained that
the last meeting was ‘an
inaugural meeting’ and that
the head of the government
negotiating team and
Secretary to the
Government of the
Federation, Mr. Pius Anyim,
stated “what he wants to
do.”
He said the government
delegation set up a sub-
committee to source data
from the National Planning
Ministry on the contentious
issues while the
government’s meeting with
the lecturers would
continue on Tuesday.
The striking university
lecturers demand that
government fully
implements the 2009
agreement with ASUU, while
the government says it
wants to renegotiate some
parts of the agreement.
The strike is currently in its
fifth week as hundreds of
thousands of public
university students are kept
out of class.
The lecturers, through their
various zonal executives,
have said that they would
not return to class until
government agrees to
implement the 2009
agreement fully. http://www.informationng.com/2013/08/ASUU-strike-governmental-subcommittee-to-be-set-next-meeting-with-lecturers-shifted-to-tuesday.html

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