ASUU may telephone telephone off strike this week
Indications receive got emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may telephone telephone off its over four-month-old strike on Thursday.
Barring whatsoever last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU volition run into on Wed nighttime to visit the seat of the congresses of the over 50 populace universities on the offering made yesteryear the Federal regime to revamp the institutions.
The matrimony met amongst a Federal Government team led yesteryear President Goodluck Jonathan final Tuesday inward Abuja.
The ASUU leadership, afterward briefing the zonal coordinators on the offer, had directed the local branches to organise congress meetings betwixt Fri final calendar week as well as Tuesday (tomorrow).
This is to enable all the lecturers to brand input into the activeness the matrimony would accept afterward its NEC coming together on Thursday.
However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike afterward the Th NEC meeting.
In closed to universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University as well as the Lagos State University that receive got scheduled their congress meetings for Mon (today), matrimony leaders as well as lecturers expressed promise that the strike would terminate this week.
Also, closed to scope officials of the matrimony inward closed to of the nine zones of ASUU said fifty-fifty though they were non happy amongst the innovation yesteryear the regime to inject N220bn yearly into the populace universities for the adjacent 5 years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained yesteryear the union.
Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, doc Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC coming together would grip on Wednesday, he did non tell whether the strike would live called off or not.
“Yes, the NEC volition grip on Wed flush precisely ASUU has a procedure which nosotros are going to follow. NEC reserves the correct to telephone telephone off the strike afterward due consultation amongst members as well as this is why congresses are beingness called inward all the chapters of the union. Please, hold off till afterward the congress,” he told ane of our correspondents on the telephone.
But closed to other rootage said, “Our NEC coming together volition grip betwixt Wed nighttime as well as Thursday. Our chapters receive got started asset meetings to hash out the Federal Government’s offer. This is to permit input from all the lecturers. We receive got to deport them along to avoid disunity since at that topographic point are moves yesteryear closed to elements to infiltrate us.”
Another rootage told ane of our correspondents that closed to members had expressed mixed feelings most the Federal Government’s novel offering based on its refusal to accolade yesteryear agreements.
“The radicals amidst us are sceptical most this latest offer. They create non believe that regime volition observe the agreement. Their catch is that regime exclusively wants to deceive the matrimony to telephone telephone off the strike earlier it volition jettison it.”
H5N1 scope official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told ane of our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the bulk nevertheless decided to give the regime the create goodness of the doubt.
He also said that the bulk catch was that the review of the understanding which was supposed to grip this twelvemonth should live postponed till adjacent twelvemonth inward the involvement of peace.
The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met amongst the union. They felt since the President was involved inward the negotiation this fourth dimension around, the regime would non tell that it was arm-twisted to brand the offer.
“This is the work nosotros are having amongst the 2009 agreement. By instantly nosotros should live talking most a review precisely nosotros are nevertheless having troubles amongst implementation.
“Although feelers across the zones are that nosotros should telephone telephone off the strike, nosotros are going to pose downward the regime offering inward dark as well as white as well as larn far populace as well as hence that nobody accuses us tomorrow of bespeak for equally good much.”
Some universities are expected to grip their congresses on Mon (today) to hash out the upshot of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the solid set down final week.
H5N1 rootage at the coming together betwixt the regime as well as ASUU told ane of our correspondents that the regime afterward a long ground agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the adjacent 5 years kickoff from 2014.
He had said, “The coming together should live the longest that nosotros receive got ever had on this crisis precisely I tin tell you lot that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President inward detail showed that he was serious most ending the strike as well as that was why he offered to loose over N1tn to the universities inward the adjacent 5 years.
“The coin volition live released on a yearly footing at N220bn per annum kickoff from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government volition exclusively loose N100bn as well as this has been processed.
“In gild to present commitment to this deal, the coin volition live kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as volition live released on a quarterly footing to the universities. So, at that topographic point won’t live whatsoever work most funding the deal.”
The rootage added that the National Universities Commission as well as the Trade Union Congress would live articulation guarantors of the novel understanding spell the Minister of Education would live the implementation officer.
He said that the regime also agreed, amidst other things, to revamp the populace universities yesteryear ensuring that all the issues that e'er Pb to strike were dealt amongst ane time as well as for all.
It volition live recalled that ASUU started its strike over iv months ago on the 1st of July, 2013.
Indications receive got emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may telephone telephone off its over four-month-old strike on Thursday.
Barring whatsoever last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU volition run into on Wed nighttime to visit the seat of the congresses of the over 50 populace universities on the offering made yesteryear the Federal regime to revamp the institutions.
The matrimony met amongst a Federal Government team led yesteryear President Goodluck Jonathan final Tuesday inward Abuja.
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This is to enable all the lecturers to brand input into the activeness the matrimony would accept afterward its NEC coming together on Thursday.
However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike afterward the Th NEC meeting.
In closed to universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University as well as the Lagos State University that receive got scheduled their congress meetings for Mon (today), matrimony leaders as well as lecturers expressed promise that the strike would terminate this week.
Also, closed to scope officials of the matrimony inward closed to of the nine zones of ASUU said fifty-fifty though they were non happy amongst the innovation yesteryear the regime to inject N220bn yearly into the populace universities for the adjacent 5 years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained yesteryear the union.
Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, doc Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC coming together would grip on Wednesday, he did non tell whether the strike would live called off or not.
“Yes, the NEC volition grip on Wed flush precisely ASUU has a procedure which nosotros are going to follow. NEC reserves the correct to telephone telephone off the strike afterward due consultation amongst members as well as this is why congresses are beingness called inward all the chapters of the union. Please, hold off till afterward the congress,” he told ane of our correspondents on the telephone.
But closed to other rootage said, “Our NEC coming together volition grip betwixt Wed nighttime as well as Thursday. Our chapters receive got started asset meetings to hash out the Federal Government’s offer. This is to permit input from all the lecturers. We receive got to deport them along to avoid disunity since at that topographic point are moves yesteryear closed to elements to infiltrate us.”
Another rootage told ane of our correspondents that closed to members had expressed mixed feelings most the Federal Government’s novel offering based on its refusal to accolade yesteryear agreements.
“The radicals amidst us are sceptical most this latest offer. They create non believe that regime volition observe the agreement. Their catch is that regime exclusively wants to deceive the matrimony to telephone telephone off the strike earlier it volition jettison it.”
H5N1 scope official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told ane of our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the bulk nevertheless decided to give the regime the create goodness of the doubt.
He also said that the bulk catch was that the review of the understanding which was supposed to grip this twelvemonth should live postponed till adjacent twelvemonth inward the involvement of peace.
The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met amongst the union. They felt since the President was involved inward the negotiation this fourth dimension around, the regime would non tell that it was arm-twisted to brand the offer.
“This is the work nosotros are having amongst the 2009 agreement. By instantly nosotros should live talking most a review precisely nosotros are nevertheless having troubles amongst implementation.
“Although feelers across the zones are that nosotros should telephone telephone off the strike, nosotros are going to pose downward the regime offering inward dark as well as white as well as larn far populace as well as hence that nobody accuses us tomorrow of bespeak for equally good much.”
Some universities are expected to grip their congresses on Mon (today) to hash out the upshot of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the solid set down final week.
H5N1 rootage at the coming together betwixt the regime as well as ASUU told ane of our correspondents that the regime afterward a long ground agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the adjacent 5 years kickoff from 2014.
He had said, “The coming together should live the longest that nosotros receive got ever had on this crisis precisely I tin tell you lot that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President inward detail showed that he was serious most ending the strike as well as that was why he offered to loose over N1tn to the universities inward the adjacent 5 years.
“The coin volition live released on a yearly footing at N220bn per annum kickoff from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government volition exclusively loose N100bn as well as this has been processed.
“In gild to present commitment to this deal, the coin volition live kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as volition live released on a quarterly footing to the universities. So, at that topographic point won’t live whatsoever work most funding the deal.”
The rootage added that the National Universities Commission as well as the Trade Union Congress would live articulation guarantors of the novel understanding spell the Minister of Education would live the implementation officer.
He said that the regime also agreed, amidst other things, to revamp the populace universities yesteryear ensuring that all the issues that e'er Pb to strike were dealt amongst ane time as well as for all.
It volition live recalled that ASUU started its strike over iv months ago on the 1st of July, 2013.
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