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.”
Source : www.ngrguardiannews.com/national-news/133310-sambo-takes-over-negotiation-with-ASUU

I pray there meeting have a fruitful ending.

Sipin my concentrated Tipton..

Sirkris: I pray there meeting have a fruitful ending.

yeah...hopefully, the strike might be called off next week.