The Vice President Namadi Sambo, on thursday met with the leadersship of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU, at Abuja on thursday to discuss some terms for the resolution of the ongoing strike. 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.
The conclusion from the meeting is yet to be disclosed to the press as both bodies kept it from the press.
Fagge, ASUU chairman, however told the State House Correspondent that it will make its conclusion known to the public after the National Executive Council Meeting on saturday.
Wike assured Nigerians that students
would soon return to school as government was ready to make sure all the
contending issues with ASUU 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 ASUU strike might be called
off within the next two weeks.
This same source said it 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.
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