ASUU Strike: Another meeting between lecturers, govt ends without resolving dispute

Another meeting between the federal government and the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on Tuesday night without
resolving the lecturers’ dispute.

The meeting which held at the Federal Ministry of Education was
to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike by the university
lecturers.

At least two other meetings have been held between both parties
before that of Tuesday since the strike began.

The union embarked on the strike on November 4 over the poor
funding of Nigerian universities and non-implementation of previous
agreements by the government.

Speaking with journalists after Tuesday’s meeting, the National
President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said both parties are yet to
reach a concrete decision.

”For now, we have started to discuss, we are yet to reach any
concrete decision. Once we have more information, we will make
ourselves available to the press,” he said.

According to him, the meeting will reconvene very soon to
continue negotiations.

The government’s representative at the meeting included the
education minister, Adamu Adamu; the permanent secretary of the
education ministry, Sunny Echono; a representative of National
Universities Commission and a representative from the National
Income, Wages and Salaries Commission.

Meanwhile, the president of the National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS), Danielson Akpan, urged both parties to have a
common ground so that Nigerian students can resume.

”The two parties should think of the interest of this country
and the Nigerian students,” he said.

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