VICE-President Namadi Sambo
last night met with the national
leadership of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) in
an effort to resolve the lingering
strike by the university teachers.
This followed the stalemate of
the previous negotiations with
the Federal Government officials
led by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation,
(SGF).
The ASUU delegation was led by
the President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, his
two predecessors, Dr. Dipo
Fasina, Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano
and Fagge’s deputy. The
government’s delegation was led
by the Supervising Minister of
Education, Chief Nyesom Wike
with the Executive Secretary of
the National Universities
Commission (NUC), Prof Julius
Okojie, with Vice Chancellors of
Bayero University Kano (BUK),
University of Ibadan (UI) and
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University (ATBU) Bauchi, Profs.
Abdulrasheed Abubakar, Isaac
Adewole and Muhammed Hamisu
Muhammed.
Both parties were reluctant to
discuss the outcome of the
meeting, which lasted for more
than two hours in the VP’s
conference hall.
ASUU president who spoke
under intense pressure from
newsmen said: “We’ve just had a
meeting with the Vice President
and he has given us a message
to our members, and we said
that as messengers that we are,
we are going to deliver the
message faithfully to our
members and then they will take
the decision.”
“I know Nigerians are expecting
solution to the strike, we also
want a solution, but I have been
given a message to our
members. The message is not for
Nigerians, it is for our members.
“If I deliver the message, our
principal will decide and we will
get back to the Ministry of
Education within this week,”
Fagge added.
Wike explained that the purpose
of the meeting was to find a
lasting solution to the crisis to
ensure that students go back to
school.
According to him, the parties had
a fruitful deliberation. “One is
quite hopeful that ASUU is
committed, they have the passion
and that there is the need for us
to move the education sector
forward.”

Call of d strike dats d breakin news I want to hear

Dats quit a gudnews...i go c hw una go de celebrate independence nd students go de hauz..