ASUU Strike Latest : Strike May Come to End Next Week

Hope of an early resolution of the strike embarked on by the public
universities’ lecturers rises as the Vice-President Namadi Sambo
met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in
Abuja on Thursday.
The meeting held behind closed doors had in attendance the
supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive
Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie.
The union was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir Faggae, and
two former Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi
Sule-Kano. Others at the meeting were the Vice- Chancellors of
Bayero University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar; Prof. Isaac
Adewole of the University of Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of
the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
It was however uncertain if yesterday’s discussion was fruitful as
the two parties did not disclose the outcome of the meeting which
lasted for two hours to journalists.
Fagge, however, told State House Correspondents that the union
would make its position known after the National Executive Council
meeting.
Wike assured Nigerians that students would soon return to school as
government was ready to make sure all the contending issues were
resolved as soon as possible.
But a source at the meeting, who pleaded anonymity, however, told
one of our correspondents that going by the new offers made by the
Federal Government, the strike might be called off within the next two
weeks.
This, the source said, was because the Federal Government had
agreed to inject fund to revitalize the university system.
“The meeting went well, the vice-president made some new offers
that were different from what was on ground before. For instance, the
Federal Government had agreed to start the injection of revitalisation
fund into the university system starting with N100bn this year and
N150bn in 2014 and this will continue until the university system is
solid enough to stand.
The source, however, said that the ASUU team promised the vice-
president that the union would make it decision on the strike known
after its NEC meeting unconfirmed source said had been scheduled
for Saturday.

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