The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) may call off its one-month old strike this week.
President of the Union, Prof.
Biodun Ogunyemi, has disclosed the industrial action has not ended yet, because
ASUU was still ironing out some grey areas in the agreement with the federal
government.
Ogunyemi assured the strike would
be called off, as soon as the grey areas were resolved.
“We are still trying to iron out
some grey areas with the government. Once we finish doing that, we will address
the press,” he told The Nation.
ASUU’s leadership had another
meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, last
Friday to report the decisions of its members in accordance with the agreements
between both parties.
At a conciliatory meeting with
government, the union had agreed to go back to its members, to take a decision
on the offer of government and revert back with a view to calling off or
suspending the strike.
“Most of these issues stemmed
from the 2009 agreement that government had ASUU and also from the 2013
Memorandum of Understanding that the government had with ASUU.
“Government is a continuum. Most
of those issues were not issues that cropped up from the Buhari administration,
we inherited them.
“Based on these discussions, ASUU
leadership will consult with its organs and revert back to government within
one week.
“They will consult with their
organs with a view to calling off the strike. And we expect them to do that
within one week, they will get back to government.
“These are the highlights of the
meeting and I can tell you that the meeting took place in very cordial
atmosphere,” Ngige told newsmen after the meeting.
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