Efforts by the Senate to mediate between the federal government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could not yield the desired results on Monday.
Rising from a meeting which lasted for 8 hours, Senate Committee Chairman on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Barau Jibrin said the Senate could not reach compromise on a particular issue, hence the adjournment.
According to him, the Senate and the concerned parties have agreed on almost all the issues raised, except that of the “earned allowances” that needed to be paid the Lecturers.
“We have spent about 8 hours in this very important meeting. We have deliberated and thank God we have dealt with all the issues and agreed with all the issues, except 1.
“We have adjourned to make consultations and every section of this meeting would get back to its domain and report to its constituency what transpired. At a later date, we would reconvened to trash out the remaining issue.
Explaining further on the issue of “earned allowances”, the Senator said “the government, due to the scarcity of funds, proposed certain amount of money but ASUU thought otherwise and said the money is inadequate.”
“They promised to go back and report to their members and make wide consultations and then get back to us.
“We do hope they come back with good news that they have accepted the government’s offer”.
The leadership of ASUU had arrived the National Assembly complex for negotiations with the senate Monday morning but could not agree on certain issues.
They, however, adjourned till 6pm when another session commenced into the night till after 8pm when it was adjourned indefinitely.
Meanwhile, the one week ASUU warning strike ends Tuesday, when it would be expected that the resolutions reached at the senate intervention meetings be implemented by the Federal Government.

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The strike still d finish tomorrow??

The dullard does not care about education

Earned allowance is the main reason for the strike

It is always about money..everybody wants a piece of the national cake.....let ASUU be reasonable....students are the ones suffering!!!

okosodo:
The dullard does not care about education

And Jonathan who was a PhD holder allowed a 6 months strike!


Some people think with their anuss

Samsantos9:
The government does not have enough money to pay the lecturers or revitalize varsities but they have the money to purchase additional exotic cars to their already over crowded fleet of cars.
We spend billions for the security and even feeding of government officials and their hundreds of aides, yet they complain that we don't have enough money.
The problem we have in this government is not lack of funds it is simply misappropriation of funds.

Gaskiya, true talk