ASUU probable to telephone telephone off blast inwards 1 week
THERE are rigid indications that the protracted blast yesteryear Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that has crippled academic activities for over iv months may cease inwards the side yesteryear side 1 week, Vanguard has gathered.
Vanguard sources at the Mon nighttime coming together betwixt the Federal Government led yesteryear President Goodluck Jonathan, the leadership of ASUU, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, together with Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, said both the Federal Government together with leaders of ASUU had shifted grounds together with leaders of ASUU would encounter alongside its organ (National Executive Council) to brief members of the final result together with and thus produce got necessary action.
THERE are rigid indications that the protracted blast yesteryear Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that has crippled academic activities for over iv months may cease inwards the side yesteryear side 1 week, Vanguard has gathered.
Vanguard sources at the Mon nighttime coming together betwixt the Federal Government led yesteryear President Goodluck Jonathan, the leadership of ASUU, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, together with Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, said both the Federal Government together with leaders of ASUU had shifted grounds together with leaders of ASUU would encounter alongside its organ (National Executive Council) to brief members of the final result together with and thus produce got necessary action.
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"ASUU is inwards the correct seat to inform Earth afterward coming together alongside its organ. However, I tin say yous that all things beingness equal, the blast should live over inwards the side yesteryear side 1 week."
The meeting betwixt the authorities together with the labour leaders started at virtually 2:30pm on Mon together with ended at virtually 3:30am on Tuesday alongside a xv minutes break.
Fagge, Wogu Speak
National President of ASUU, medico Nasir Isa Fagge, emerged from the coming together together with curtly told newsmen that his delegation was taking dorsum a message from President Jonathan to their members.
He declined to let on what the message was together with when asked whether he was satisfied alongside the final result of the meeting, the ASUU leader told journalists non to lay words inwards his mouth.
He said: "We produce got had a lengthy coming together alongside Mr. President, rubbing minds on how best to address the occupation of academy instruction inwards this country. "We directly produce got a message from Mr. President that nosotros are going to produce got to our members together with nosotros are expecting that our members volition answer appropriately to his message."
The Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, who too attended the meeting, told journalists afterward the coming together that sure enough mileage had been attained together with expressed the promise that the academy lecturers would telephone telephone off the blast soon.
He said: "The President of ASUU told yous that they are going dorsum alongside a message from the Federal Government to their members together with the message is total of high expectation together with hope.
"Our prayer is that they volition come upwards dorsum alongside a positive final result They powerfulness fifty-fifty non come upwards dorsum to encounter us. They powerfulness produce got decisions that volition encounter your expectations."
According to the Minister what authorities brought to the negotiation tabular array were offers that were inwards tandem alongside the 2009 agreements betwixt it together with ASUU, pointing out that since the strike was based on the 2009 agreement, the authorities did non larn beyond that agreement.
Roll Call
President Jonathan, who led the Federal Government's delegation, was joined yesteryear Vice President Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, medico Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; together with government minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu.
The ASUU delegation was led yesteryear its President, medico Nasiru Fagge; yesteryear presidents such every bit Professor Abdulahi Sule-Kano, medico Dipo Fashina together with Professor Festus Iyayi.
Other members of the delegation were Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof. Victor Osodeke, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, medico Victor Igbum together with Mr. Michael Odunmoraye.
President NLC, Abdulawahid Omar together with TUC, Bobboi Kaigama, too attended the meeting.
While exchanging pleasantries alongside the ASUU delegation, President Jonathan had told them "I promise this blast volition cease today. Our children produce got suffered enough. We must honor a solution."
Source: Vanguard
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