Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives,
says recommendations on ending the strike by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) have been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Gbajabiamila, who led a delegation of lawmakers to the
presidential villa on Tuesday, told journalists that the recommendations were
reached after several engagements with members of ASUU.
The speaker said Buhari has accepted the recommendations,
but there is yet to be a final decision on the matter.
He said another meeting with the president has been
scheduled to hold on Thursday.
“After a series of
engagements with ASUU, the leadership came up with recommendations to the
president for approval,” Gbajabiamila said.
“They came to discuss with the president on the
recommendations. The president had a good listening ear. He accepted the
details of the report.
“We have another meeting on Thursday to take a final
decision after he has digested the report.
“We are done with our
meeting with ASUU. We are hopeful because we had a good engagement and he
accepted the report and we clarified a few grey areas.”
ASUU has been on strike for over seven months over demands
for improved funding for universities, salary review, among other matters.
Meanwhile, Chris Ngige, minister of labour, has presented a
certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics
(CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU.
Ngige presented certificates to CONUA and the National
Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) earlier on Tuesday.
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