Following the failure of the federal government to find a lasting solution to the lingering strike by public university lecturers, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to hold a consultative meeting with the lecturers’ union, the Academic Staff Union if Nigerian Universities (ASUU) on January 4, ahead of the 2019 polls, THISDAY has learnt.

The meeting, according to the electoral body, will be limited to the involvement of their members in the 2019 general elections.

ASUU had last month embarked on industrial action to protest the poor funding of Nigerian universities and alleged plan by the federal government to increase students’ fees and introduce an education bank.

But INEC had raised the alarm that the lingering ASUU strike would no doubt have serious impact on the preparations for the conduct of the 2019 elections.

“They are one critical resource and their absence will have adverse effects on the ad hoc staff requirement of INEC,” the commission had said.

Speaking on the issue, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Festus Okoye, told THISDAY that the commission is hopeful and positive that its scheduled meeting with the leadership of ASUU and the leadership of other unions in federal tertiary institutions would yield the desired result.

According to him, “ASUU leadership and the leadership of the commission led by the Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, will hold a consultative meeting with the leadership of ASUU on the 4th day of January 2019.

“The scheduling of the meeting is a clear indication that both parties are concerned and determined to find a middle ground that will enable the members of ASUU to continue their additional services to the country.

“The commission wants to emphasise that the meeting with the various unions will be limited to the involvement of their members in the 2019 general elections and how to manage the current industrial action for it not to affect the patriotic contributions of staff and students in the electoral process.

“The desire and wish of the commission is that the staff and students of federal tertiary institutions should be in school at least a month before the 2019 general election.

“Based on this, the commission has appealed and is still appealing to all the parties involved in the negotiations to consider the overall interest of the nation and negotiate in good faith.”

Asked if the electoral umpire was seeking alternatives should the federal government and ASUU failed to reach a compromise, Okoye noted that the commission was confident that all the parties involved in the dispute and negotiations would negotiate and resolve the issues expeditiously and in good faith.

He said it was also incumbent on the various stakeholders in the electoral process to nudge the parties towards a negotiated settlement of the issues that led to the industrial action in the various tertiary institutions.

The national commissioner added that the conduct of election is a multi-stakeholder venture and the success of the election would be in the best interest of all Nigerians.

Okoye said, “However, in the unlikely event of the strike action lingering beyond the projected time line.

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/12/31/inec-meets-ASUU-on-friday-considers-recalling-ex-corps-members-for-election-duty/

nansense...so ASUU should call off the strike because of election... what happens after elections?...inec,fg and ASUU are all sick!!

Buhari want to win election by all means

Soooooo they are collecting their salaries and now they are about adding election money to their profits. This is just pure nonsense

Privatize universities in Nigeria.

Tertiary education is not a must and not a yardstick for success.
The fewer the merrier. Let the few people who can afford it have the best of educations rather than jampacking the institution like pack of sardines with no end results..

Good way to go....

THE FG andASUU should get their acts together, our children must go back to school ASAP.

ASUU shouldn't fall my hand, it is time to hold tenaciously to their demands, the FG is desperate now.

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ASUU has suffered

This forthcoming election is showings signs of competing with the 2007 election,worst election ever!

ASUU strike will be called off after May 29. Believe me. No politician will want to sit and listen to demands from January 1 considering they all will be at their constituencies pursuing their re-election.
After the elections in march, search for cabinet and prep for handover or continuity will put the strike in the shadows.
After May 29, they can resume talk. Young folks should be prepared for a long strike.

#Richdad

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This Issue Between ASUU and Fg should Be Resolved with Immediate Effect

Errrmm
Strike Don make service impossible for some of us.





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krattoss:
Privatize universities in Nigeria.

Tertiary education is not a must and not a yardstick for success.
The fewer the merrier. Let the few people who can afford it have the best of educations rather than jampacking the institution like pack of sardines with no end results..

Such nonsense.

Education is a right not a privilege. There is a reason people go to government universities and trust me, it's not because they offer the best of education. Sometimes think about others and not yourself alone.

ASUU call off strike this is a opportunity for us students to get money

lol, they are more concerned about election than Nigerians. I won't say what the devil want me to say this morning, but the one about Thunder firing anyone who goes out there and vote wrongly next month I CAN'T RESIST IT.

ASUU strike pass THUNDER
Na me enjoy this strike pass
Cos Tinuke just dey pass 9it for my room

I don't care how they do it but they must call off this strike whether the like it or not

OK.

NO PAY NO WORK. ASUU should not give in to dis thrash. They want to use n dumb dem shey?

festwiz:
Such nonsense.

Education is a right not a privilege. There is a reason people go to government universities and trust me, it's not because they offer the best of education. Sometimes think about others and not yourself alone.

Thanks for telling the fellow.

krattoss:
Privatize universities in Nigeria.

Tertiary education is not a must and not a yardstick for success.
The fewer the merrier. Let the few people who can afford it have the best of educations rather than jampacking the institution like pack of sardines with no end results..

You can't just privatize public universities. There are public University in almost every nation. America that is propagating capitalism all over the world still have lots of public universities.

We must not turn our institutions for profit. So anywhere we find inefficiency and inadequate funding, the only solution is privatisation? Come on, then we should as well privatise; the police, fire service, the national bureau of statistics, all government hospitals etc

Selfishness. Why INEC no appeal 4 d plight of ASUU?

I N E C And Their Childish Reasoning Sef